impound
verb (used with object)
to shut up in a pound or other enclosure, as a stray animal.
is impounding
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present progressiveof impound (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Well," said he, wiping the perspiration from his brow and soliloquizing, "this is impounding, is it?
From Lincoln's Yarns and Stories: a complete collection of the funny and witty anecdotes that made Lincoln famous as America's greatest story teller by McClure, Alexander K. (Alexander Kelly)
