pound

I UK [paʊnd] / US noun [countable]
Word forms "pound":
singular pound plural pounds
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1)

a) economics a unit of money used in the UK and several other countries. Its symbol is £.

b) a coin or banknote worth one pound

2) a unit for measuring weight, used in several countries including the US and the UK, containing 16 ounces and equal to 0.454 kilograms. Its written abbreviation is lb.

half a pound of cheese

The baby weighed over 10 pounds.

3)

a) a place where pets that are lost or not wanted are kept

b) a place where the police take your car if you have parked it illegally

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- your pound of flesh

II UK [paʊnd] / US verb
Word forms "pound":
present tense I/you/we/they pound he/she/it pounds present participle pounding past tense pounded past participle pounded
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1)

a) [intransitive/transitive] to hit something several times with a lot of force

I could hear them pounding on the door.

b) to hit something hard many times so that it breaks into small pieces or becomes a smooth thick substance

Pound the mixture into a coarse powder.

2)

a) [intransitive] if your heart pounds, it beats strongly and quickly because you are nervous, excited, or afraid

b) if your head pounds, you have a pain in it that feels like someone is hitting it continuously

3) [intransitive] to walk or run with heavy and regular steps

pound up/down/towards/across/along:

She pounded down the hall to see what had happened.

4) [transitive] to continuously attack a place with bombs or other large weapons for a long period of time

Air force jets have been pounding rebel positions all day.

Phrasal verbs:

- pound into

- pound out