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Type Words
Synonyms lumber
Type of walk
Type Words
Synonyms pound off
Type of partition off, partition


The locks pound the water of the canal.
Type Words
Synonyms poke, thump
Type of hit
Derivation pounding


the salesman pounded the door knocker.
Type Words
Synonyms cypriot pound
Type of cypriot monetary unit
Type Words
Synonyms beat, thump
Type of move
Has types flutter, thrash, throb, flap, pulse, pulsate, palpitate
Verb group beat
Derivation pounding
Type Words
Synonyms pound sign
Type of symbol
Type Words
Synonyms hammer, hammering, pounding
Type of blow


the pounding of feet on the hallway.
Type Words
Synonyms dog pound
Type of enclosure


unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound.
Type Words
Synonyms syrian pound
Type of syrian monetary unit
Type Words
Synonyms lbf.
Type of force unit
Type Words
Synonyms british pound, british pound sterling, pound sterling, quid
Type of british monetary unit
Type Words
Synonyms irish pound, irish punt, punt
Type of irish monetary unit
Type Words
Synonyms lb
Type of avoirdupois unit


he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds.
Type Words
Synonyms lebanese pound
Type of lebanese monetary unit
Type Words
Synonyms sudanese pound
Type of sudanese monetary unit
Type Words
Synonyms pound up
Type of restrain, confine, constrain, hold
Verb group impound
Derivation poundage


The prisoners are safely pounded.
Type Words
Synonyms impound
Type of confine, hold, restrain, constrain
Verb group pound up


pound the cows so they don't stray.
Type Words
Synonyms egyptian pound
Type of egyptian monetary unit
Type Words
Synonyms ram, ram down
Type of thrust


pound on the door.
Type Words
Synonyms ezra loomis pound, ezra pound
Type Words
Type of force unit
Type Words
Type of fragmentise, fragmentize, fragment, break up
Derivation pounder


pound the roots with a heavy flat stone.

Examples of pound

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With Alexander, the 6-foot-5, 215-pound rookie, you know how it was going to be.
From the stltoday.com
The Rams will rely heavily on 119-pound senior Bryce Evans on the mat this year.
From the thenewstribune.com
Every extra pound puts six to seven times that amount of pressure on your knees.
From the sacbee.com
The cost per pound was 75 cents for round steak and 55 cents rolled rump roasts.
From the desmoinesregister.com
The 6-5, 290-pound Ray is being recruited by Mizzou, Kansas State and Wisconsin.
From the stltoday.com
Defensively, 6-foot-4, 235-pound junior Antonio Donoso will be imposing in goal.
From the democratandchronicle.com
As storm surges pound ashore on a higher base of water, their damage multiplies.
From the kansas.com
The 6-3, 190-pound Carlyle passed for 1,488 yards and 16 touchdowns as a senior.
From the courier-journal.com
It will cost more than $2 a pound, vs. under a dollar for commodity bioplastics.
From the businessweek.com
More examples
  • 16 ounces avoirdupois; "he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds"
  • Thump: hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"
  • British pound: the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
  • Ram: strike or drive against with a heavy impact; "ram the gate with a sledgehammer"; "pound on the door"
  • A unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy
  • Lumber: move heavily or clumsily; "The heavy man lumbered across the room"
  • Pound (later Flywheel) was an American rock band from Poughkeepsie, New York.
  • The pound, a unit of currency, originated in England as the value of a pound of silver. The word pound is the English translation of the latin word libra, which was the unit of account of the Roman Empire (see also LSD). ...
  • Pound is a 1970 film directed and written by Robert Downey, Sr., it was based on The Comeuppance, an off-off broadway play written by Downey in 1961. It is about several dogs at a pound, the dogs are played by human actors. The film is notable as being the screen debut of Robert Downey, Jr. ...