pound

Sense 1 noun

16 ounces avoirdupois

he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds

Sense 2 verb

hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument

the salesman pounded the door knocker

Sense 3 noun

the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence

Sense 4 verb

strike or drive against with a heavy impact

ram the gate with a sledgehammer

Sense 5 noun

a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy

Sense 6 verb

move heavily or clumsily

The heavy man lumbered across the room

Sense 7 noun

the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters

Sense 8 verb

move rhythmically

Her heart was beating fast

Sense 9 noun

the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters

Sense 10 verb

partition off into compartments

The locks pound the water of the canal

Sense 11 noun

the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters

Sense 12 verb

shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits

The prisoners are safely pounded

Sense 13 noun

formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence

Sense 14 verb

place or shut up in a pound

pound the cows so they don't stray

Sense 15 noun

the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters

Sense 16 verb

break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle

pound the roots with a heavy flat stone

Sense 17 noun

the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents

Sense 18 noun

a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec

Sense 19 noun

a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)

Sense 20 noun

a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs

unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound

Sense 21 noun

the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)

the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard