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Meaning pound meaning

What does pound mean?
Definitions in simple English

pound Noun

— A pound is a unit of currency used in Britain. Against the dollar, the pound fell by half a cent to $ 1.73. — A pound is a unit of weight equal to 16 ounces or 0.454 kilograms. Since he stopped smoking, he has gained 20 pounds.

pound Verb

— If you pound something, you hit it hard. Grace pounded on the door. "Come out of there!" He pounded his hand against the desk and jumped up. — If your head or heart is pounding, you can feel the blood moving through it. I ran and ran until my heart was pounding in my chest. After the party, my head was pounding and I had to lie down.

pound

— noun 16 ounces avoirdupois he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds — verb (= thump) hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument the salesman pounded the door knocker a bible-thumping Southern Baptist — verb (= ram) strike or drive against with a heavy impact ram the gate with a sledgehammer pound on the door — noun (= British pound) the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence — verb (= beat) move rhythmically Her heart was beating fast — verb (= lumber) move heavily or clumsily The heavy man lumbered across the room — verb partition off into compartments The locks pound the water of the canal — verb shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits The prisoners are safely pounded — noun a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy — noun a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec — verb break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle pound the roots with a heavy flat stone — noun a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain) — noun a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound — noun (= hammer, hammering, pounding) the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows) the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard the pounding of feet on the hallway — noun (= Cypriot pound) the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents — noun (= Egyptian pound) the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters — noun (= Syrian pound) the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters — noun (= Lebanese pound) the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters — noun (= Sudanese pound) the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters — verb place or shut up in a pound pound the cows so they don't stray — noun (= Irish pound) formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence

Pound

— noun United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972)

Synonyms pound synonyms

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pound English » English

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Pound English » English

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Topics pound topics

What do people use pound to talk about?
Person Body Internal organs

Heart
Person Sense, perceive Hear

Types of sounds
Social behavior Law Punish

Imprison
Daily life Food Food preparation Steps in food preparation

Pound in mortar and pestle
Work and occupation Working with buildings

Building
Work and occupation Tool

Pounding tool

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    pound hit smack club
Work and occupation Finance Money

Monetary units
Physical actions Physical impact

Hit
States Big

Weigh

Conjugation pound conjugation

How do you conjugate pound?

pound · verb

Examples pound examples

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Simple sentences

Tom has established a dog pound in the town.
They have a dog from a dog pound.
An ounce of practice is worth a pound of precept.
We bought a pound of tea.
A pound is a unit of weight.
Butter is sold by the pound.
They were about 25 cents a pound cheaper.
It is sold by the pound.
The parcel weighs more than one pound.
As a rule of thumb, you should plan on one pound of beef for every two guests.
Do you have a five-pound note?
We sell sugar by the pound.
Flour is sold by the pound.
How many pennies does it take to make one pound?
In for a penny, in for a pound.
A happy man or woman is a better thing to find than a five-pound note.
I bought a pound of meat the other day.
Tom bought a pound of cheese.
Mary's heart began to pound wildly.
Yesterday I bought a three pound watermelon.
Please give me a pound of meat.
Do you know how much a pound of cod is?
The pound fell against the dollar.
Five dollars are worth one pound.

Movie subtitles

Yeah, it's almost like it's a mistake to have a 300-pound pig in your apartment.
But then we found half a pound in here.
One pound of my best pork sausage, hot and spicy, just the way you like it.
Aunt Fanny had an eight-pound boy.
You're all invited to the wedding of Aunt Fanny's eight-pound boy. Hooray!
I've been so unsuccessful in disposing these other lots, that I'm gonna give away a half a pound of tea with every lot I sell from now on.
Could you use a pound note, brother?
Take the pound.
I got load of thousand-pound flour. I got to get over to 40-Mile Creek.
I hear of one dog in Nome. he pull 800 pound.
I'm willing to bet a dollar a pound he can't.
And a pound of prunes.
I have a pound, if it makes lacking.
You're trailing me 'cause I can find cod. where you can't find half a pound of sick squid.
By the week or by the pound?
Lopez can pound them along.
And a pound of prunes. - What's his name?
Pretend there's a 5-pound beauty in yonder pool. just behind the jutting boulder.
A quarter pound steak's just coming. - OK.
Just like I pull up this 35-pound fish.
If market price good, say four-and-a-half, five cents pound, Manuel, he get.
That means that you, my friends must collect in taxes not 2 gold marks in the pound, but 3!
I've been trying to pound sense into your knotheads for years.
And now the mighty Goliath. will catch three 100-pound balls shot from cannon.
Best part of fifteen pound in gold.
Four pecks a pound, new potatoes!
I would sooner pound the treadmill in the workhouse or pick oakum... than spend another hour engaged in labour such as this.
Gain, like, half a pound?
You're all invited to the wedding of Aunt Fanny's eight-pound boy.
Go and fetch a pound of flour from the mill.
Could you use a pound note, brother? - What's the catch?
That means that you, my friends.. mustcollectin taxesnot 2gold marks in the pound, but 3!
Oh. They must have cost a pound at least.

News and current affairs

Keeping the pound does not mean that we oppose the Euro, or hope for its failure.
The American dollar soared, the Japanese yen went into orbit, the euro fell to earth, and the British pound crashed, leaving a giant crater.
George Soros can bet on a run on the British pound.
An independent Scotland's continued use of the British pound - the Scottish government's official position - could be approached in two ways.
The alternative for a fully sovereign Scotland would be to continue using the pound without retaining any influence over interest rates or the exchange rate.
The euro would, however, have to be accepted as legal tender in the UK, alongside the pound, and in the commonwealth countries, and this would demand close cooperation between the Bank of England and the ECB.
Foreign central banks asked whether the Bank of England was contemplating changing its view of the pound's exchange rate.
The Dutch central banker Gerard Vissering resigned and eventually killed himself as a result of the destruction wrought on his institution's balance sheet by the pound's collapse.
In December, the International Monetary Fund will consider adding renminbi to the basket of currencies that comprise the Fund's unit of account, known as Special Drawing Rights, alongside the US dollar, the euro, the British pound, and the Japanese yen.
Every five years, the IMF reconsiders its composition, which currently is defined in terms of the dollar, euro, yen, and pound.
Creditors demand their pound of flesh; debtors clamor for relief.
It took many decades and two world wars before the British pound lost its super-currency status.
In the face of large and growing external imbalances, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) chose to defend the Egyptian pound during last year's political and economic turmoil.
Indeed, German public opinion remains deeply ambivalent about the euro, and increasingly disillusioned its continual decline against the dollar (and the pound).
The addition of the renminbi to the basket, which currently includes the US dollar, the euro, the British pound, and the Japanese yen, would provide China with a boost to its prestige.
Before independence, Nigeria's legal tender was the British pound.
With the establishment of the Central Bank of Nigeria in 1959, the Nigerian pound was introduced.
Back then, one Nigerian pound was equivalent to one British pound.
The exchange rate remained unchanged: one naira was equivalent to one British pound.
But the naira's introduction quickly put an end to parity with the British pound.
That September, concerns about public debt and the British government's ability to enforce austerity led to a run on the pound.
Rather than trying to mount a last-ditch defense of the fixed exchange rate, the government, at the suggestion of the Bank of England, agreed to abandon the gold standard and devalue the pound.
Before 1914, there were three international currencies: the British pound, the French franc, and the German mark.
The dollar and the pound then shared international primacy in the 1920's and 1930's.
It tied the local currency to the British Pound, giving local authorities no discretion in monetary policy.
Stockholders insist on getting their pound of flesh.
In our own research, we have found that people remain somewhat mysterious to dogs for the first five months of life, and dogs at our local pound lag considerably behind house dogs when it comes to understanding human beings.
The British pound only forfeited its role to the US dollar after more than 50 years of industrial decline and two world wars.

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