Unscramble pounds

Definition of pound

noun:

• 16 ounces avoirdupois; "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 Loomis Pound, Ezra Pound, 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; "unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound". Synonyms: dog pound.
• the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "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; "the salesman pounded the door knocker", "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist". Synonyms: poke, thump.
• strike or drive against with a heavy impact; "ram the gate with a sledgehammer", "pound on the door". Synonyms: ram, ram down.
• move heavily or clumsily; "The heavy man lumbered across the room". Synonyms: lumber.
• move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast". Synonyms: beat, thump.
• partition off into compartments; "The locks pound the water of the canal". Synonyms: pound off.
• shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits; "The prisoners are safely pounded". Synonyms: pound up.
• place or shut up in a pound; "pound the cows so they don't stray". Synonyms: impound.
• break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle; "pound the roots with a heavy flat stone".

Related words

flap, flutter, palpitate, pulsate, pulse, thrash, throb.

Words nearby

bound, found, hound, mound, pond, round, sound, wound.

Rhymes with

abound, aground, around, astound, bound, browned, compound, confound, confound, crowned, expound, found, ground, hound, impound, inbound, lb, mound, newfound, profound.