pound
     n 1: 16 ounces; "he tried to lift 100 pounds" [syn: {lb}]
     2: the basic unit of money in Great Britain; equal to 100 pence
        [syn: {British pound}, {pound sterling}, {quid}]
     3: the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters
        [syn: {Syrian pound}]
     4: the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters
        [syn: {Sudanese pound}]
     5: the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters
        [syn: {Lebanese pound}]
     6: formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100
        pence [syn: {Irish pound}, {Irish punt}, {punt}]
     7: the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters
        [syn: {Egyptian pound}]
     8: the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents [syn:
        {Cypriot pound}]
     9: a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound
        with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec
        [syn: {lbf.}]
     10: United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly
         influenced the development of modern literature
         (1885-1972) [syn: {Ezra Pound}, {Ezra Loomis Pound}]
     11: a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs; "unlicensed
         dogs will be taken to the pound" [syn: {dog pound}]
     12: the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the
         sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the
         pounding of feet on the hallway" [syn: {hammer}, {hammering},
          {pounding}]
     v 1: hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the
          salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping
          Southern Baptist" [syn: {thump}, {poke}]
     2: strike or drive against with a heavy impact; "ram the gate
        with a sledgehammer"; "pound on the door" [syn: {ram}, {ram
        down}]
     3: move heavily or clumsily; "The heavy man lumbered across the
        room" [syn: {lumber}]
     4: move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast" [syn: {beat},
         {thump}]
     5: partition off into compartments; "The locks pound the water
        of the canal" [syn: {pound off}]
     6: shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or
        limits; "The prisoners are safely pounded" [syn: {pound up}]
     7: place or shut up in a pound; "pound the cows so they don't
        stray" [syn: {impound}]
     8: break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle; "pound
        the roots with a heavy flat stone"
Source: WordNet® 2.0