pound
1[ pound ]
/ paʊnd /
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
noun
Words nearby pound
Origin of pound
1before 1000; Middle English pounen, Old English pūnian; akin to Dutch puin rubbish
OTHER WORDS FROM pound
pound·er, nounsynonym study for pound
1. See beat.
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British Dictionary definitions for pound out (1 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
British Dictionary definitions for pound out (2 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 out (3 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 out (4 of 4)
pound3
/ (paʊnd) /
noun
Word Origin for pound
Old English pund, from Latin pondō pound; related to German Pfund pound, Latin pondus weight
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Medical definitions for pound out
pound
[ pound ]
n.
A unit of weight that is the basis of the avoirdupois system, equal to 16 ounces or 453.592 grams.
A unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces or 373.242 grams.
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Scientific definitions for pound out
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.
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Idioms and Phrases with pound out (1 of 2)
pound out
Produce, especially on a keyboard, as in I can pound out another résumé, or She was pounding out song after song on the piano. [c. 1900]
Idioms and Phrases with pound out (2 of 2)
pound
In addition to the idioms beginning with pound
- pound of flesh
- pound out
- pound the pavement
also see:
- in for a penny, in for a pound
- penny wise, pound foolish
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