This shows grade level based on the word's complexity.
pound
1[ pound ]
/ paʊnd /
Save This Word!
This shows grade level based on the word's complexity.
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
noun
QUIZ
CAN YOU ANSWER THESE COMMON GRAMMAR DEBATES?
There are grammar debates that never die; and the ones highlighted in the questions in this quiz are sure to rile everyone up once again. Do you know how to answer the questions that cause some of the greatest grammar debates?
Question 1 of 7
Which sentence is correct?
Origin of pound
1First recorded before 1000; Middle English pounen, ponne “to pulverize, crush, powder,” Old English pūnian “to pound, beat”; akin to Dutch puin “rubbish.” The final, unetymological -d appears in the16th century
synonym study for pound
1. See beat.
OTHER WORDS FROM pound
pounder, nounWords nearby pound
poultice, poultry, poultryman, pounce, pouncet box, pound, poundage, poundal, pound cake, pound cost averaging, pounder
Other definitions for pound (2 of 4)
pound2
[ pound ]
/ paʊnd /
noun, plural pounds, (collectively) pound.
Other definitions for pound (3 of 4)
pound3
[ pound ]
/ paʊnd /
noun
verb (used with object)
Archaic. to shut up in or as in a pound; impound; imprison.
Other definitions for pound (4 of 4)
Pound
[ pound ]
/ paʊnd /
noun
Ezra Loo·mis [loo-mis], /ˈlu mɪs/, 1885–1972, U.S. poet.
Louise, 1872–1958, U.S. scholar and linguist.
her brother, Roscoe, 1870–1964, U.S. legal scholar and writer.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
How to use pound in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for pound (1 of 4)
pound1
/ (paʊnd) /
verb
noun
a heavy blow; thump
the act of pounding
Derived forms of pound
pounder, nounWord Origin for pound
Old English pūnian; related to Dutch puin rubble
British Dictionary definitions for pound (2 of 4)
pound2
/ (paʊnd) /
noun
an enclosure, esp one maintained by a public authority, for keeping officially removed vehicles or distrained goods or animals, esp stray dogs
a place where people are confined
- a trap for animals
- a trap or keepnet for fishSee pound net
verb
(tr) to confine in or as if in a pound; impound, imprison, or restrain
Word Origin for pound
C14: from Late Old English pund- as in pundfeald pinfold
British Dictionary definitions for pound (3 of 4)
pound3
/ (paʊnd) /
noun
Word Origin for pound
Old English pund, from Latin pondō pound; related to German Pfund pound, Latin pondus weight
British Dictionary definitions for pound (4 of 4)
Pound
/ (paʊnd) /
noun
Ezra (Loomis). 1885–1972, US poet, translator, and critic, living in Europe. Indicted for treason by the US government (1945) for pro-Fascist broadcasts during World War II, he was committed to a mental hospital until 1958. He was a founder of imagism and championed the early work of such writers as T. S. Eliot, Joyce, and Hemingway. His life work, the Cantos (1925–70), is an unfinished sequence of poems, which incorporates mythological and historical materials in several languages as well as political, economic, and autobiographical elements
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for pound
pound
[ pound ]
A unit of weight in the US Customary System equal to 16 ounces (0.45 kilograms). See Table at measurement. See Note at weight.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Other Idioms and Phrases with pound
pound
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.