pound

pound (http://definr.com/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: the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence [syn:
         Irish pound, 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: Pound, 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 had, 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"