Визначення слова «pound» мовою англійська

noun

1. A unit of weight in various measurement systems.

2. A unit of mass in various measurement systems.

3. A unit of force in various measurement systems

4. A unit of currency in various currency systems.

5. (US) The symbol #.

   • Holonym: hashtag
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verb

1. (slang, UK regional, transitive) To wager a pound on.

noun

1. A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals.

2. (metonymic) The people who work for the pound.

3. (UK) A place for the detention of automobiles that have been illegally parked, abandoned, etc.

4. A section of a canal between two adjacent locks.

5. A kind of fishing net, having a large enclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.

6. (Newfoundland) A division inside a fishing stage where cod is cured in salt brine.

verb

1. To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.

   • When I short haue shorne my sowce face & swigg’d my horny barrell, In an oaken Inne I pound my skin as a suite of guilt apparrell

verb

1. (transitive) To strike hard, usually repeatedly.

2. (transitive) To crush to pieces; to pulverize.

3. (transitive, slang) To eat or drink very quickly.

   • You really pounded that beer!

4. (transitive, baseball, slang) To pitch consistently to a certain location.

   • The pitcher has been pounding the outside corner all night.

5. (intransitive, of a body part, generally heart, blood, or head) To beat strongly or throb.

   • As I tiptoed past the sleeping dog, my heart was pounding but I remained silent.
   • My head was pounding.

6. (transitive, vulgar, slang) To penetrate sexually, with vigour.

   • I was pounding her all night!

7. To advance heavily with measured steps.

8. (engineering) To make a jarring noise, as when running.

   • The engine pounds.

noun

1. A hard blow.