noun. A public enclosure for the confinement of stray animals, especially dogs.

noun. A place in which vehicles impounded by the authorities are held until redeemed by their owners.

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noun. An enclosure in which animals, especially farm animals, are kept.

noun. A container, as on a boat, in which fish are kept.

noun. A prison.

transitive verb. To confine (an animal) in a pound.

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noun. A unit of weight equal to 16 ounces (453.592 grams).

noun. A unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces (373.242 grams).

noun. A unit of weight differing in various countries and times.

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noun. The primary unit of currency in the United Kingdom, worth 20 shillings or 240 old pence before the decimalization of 1971.

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noun. The primary unit of currency in Ireland and Cyprus before the adoption of the euro.

noun. A primary unit of currency in Scotland before the Act of Union (1707).

noun. The pound key on a telephone.

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intransitive verb. To strike repeatedly and forcefully, especially with the hand or a tool: synonym: beat.

intransitive verb. To assault with military force.

intransitive verb. To beat to a powder or pulp; pulverize or crush.

intransitive verb. To instill by persistent, emphatic repetition.

intransitive verb. To produce energetically, as from forceful use of the hands. Often used with out.

intransitive verb. To cause harm or loss to; affect adversely.

intransitive verb. To defeat soundly.

intransitive verb. To attack verbally; criticize.

intransitive verb. To drink quickly (a beverage, especially an alcoholic one). Often used with back or down.

intransitive verb. To strike vigorous, repeated blows.

intransitive verb. To move along heavily and noisily.

intransitive verb. To pulsate rapidly and heavily; throb.

intransitive verb. To move or work laboriously.

noun. A heavy blow.

noun. The sound of a heavy blow; a thump.

noun. The act of pounding.

idiom. (pound the pavement) To travel the streets on foot, especially in search of work.

noun. A compartment in an abattoir in which animals can be kept until they are slaughtered.

noun. A fundamental unit of weight or mass.

noun. A money of account, consisting of 20 shillings, or 240 pence, originally equivalent to a pound weight of silver (or of the alloy used).

noun. A balance.

To weigh.

To wager a pound on.

noun. An inclosure, maintained by authority, for confining cattle or other beasts when taken trespassing, or going at large in violation of law; a pinfold. Pounds were also used for the deposit of goods seized by distress.

noun. A pond.

noun. In a canal, the level portion between two locks.

noun. A pound-net; also, either one, inner or outer, of the compartments of such a net, or the inclosure of a gang of nets in which the fish are finally entrapped. See cut under pound-net.

To shut up in a pound; impound; confine as in a pound; hence, to imprison; confine.

Figuratively, to keep within narrow limits; cramp; restrain.