What is the meaning of Pound?

noun

• 16 ounces avoirdupois.
  • usage: "he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds"
  • synonyms: lb
• The basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence.
  • synonyms: British pound, British pound sterling, pound sterling, quid
• A unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy.
• The basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters.
  • synonyms: Syrian pound
• The basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters.
  • synonyms: Sudanese pound
• The basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters.
  • synonyms: Lebanese pound
• Formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence.
  • synonyms: Irish pound, Irish punt, punt
• The basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters.
  • synonyms: Egyptian pound
• The basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents.
  • synonyms: Cypriot pound
• A nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec.
  • synonyms: lbf.
• United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972.
  • synonyms: Ezra Pound, Ezra Loomis Pound
• A symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain.
  • synonyms: pound sign
• A public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs.
  • usage: "unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound"
  • synonyms: dog pound
• The act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows. )
  • usage: "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway"
  • synonyms: hammer, hammering, pounding

verb

• Hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument.
  • usage: "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"
  • synonyms: thump, poke
• Strike or drive against with a heavy impact.
  • usage: "ram the gate with a sledgehammer"; "pound on the door"
  • synonyms: ram, ram down
• Move heavily or clumsily.
  • usage: "The heavy man lumbered across the room"
  • synonyms: lumber
• Move rhythmically.
  • usage: "Her heart was beating fast"
  • synonyms: beat, thump
• Partition off into compartments.
  • usage: "The locks pound the water of the canal"
  • synonyms: pound off
• Shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits.
  • usage: "The prisoners are safely pounded"
  • synonyms: pound up
• Place or shut up in a pound.
  • usage: "pound the cows so they don't stray"
  • synonyms: impound
• Break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle.
  • usage: "pound the roots with a heavy flat stone"