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noun paʊndpaʊnd 1A unit of weight equal to 16 oz. avoirdupois (0.4536 kg), or 12 oz. troy (0.3732 kg). Example sentencesExamples - A short ton is the standard U.S. ton of 2,000 pounds and measures weight.
- Birth weight was recorded in pounds and ounces and converted into kilograms.
- A Gecko can support the equivalent of 90 pounds while hanging upside down.
- It is approved for rates of 1-3 ounces per hundred pounds of seed.
- Through weight training and cardio, I lost another 19 pounds and gained a ton of muscle.
- Medication errors in children can occur when a decimal point is misplaced in a dose, or an incorrect weight conversion from pounds to kilograms is made.
- The airplane was covered with a thick layer of ice that had deformed the normally efficient airfoil and added several hundred pounds of extra weight.
- In cooking, ingredients are expressed in teaspoons, tablespoons, ounces, pounds, and cups.
- Also, please keep in mind that no matter where you are, a kilogram equals 2.2 pounds.
- Distances still refer to yards or miles, weights are in pounds and ounces, and temperature readings are in Fahrenheit.
- Subject height was 5 feet and 3 inches and subject weight was 47 pounds and 4 ounces.
- More than 200 pounds of chilled, wet bamboo were in supply to cater to any hunger pangs.
- Thus, using this value is a bit like rounding off your own weight to the nearest hundred pounds.
- It could be anything, from tiny fractions of a gram to hundreds of pounds of high explosives.
- Most cohort members reported their offspring's birth weights in pounds and ounces.
- At a weight of two hundred pounds, he is still nowhere near his goal, but he has already made a vast improvement.
- Each reel of film weighs about 350 pounds and is moved around with a special forklift.
- The average weight of workers when they left the factory was 76 pounds.
- Also, no single piece of luggage should exceed 70 pounds or 32 kilos in weight.
- The squid weighs about 550 pounds and was found in two pieces on Seven Mile Beach.
2The basic monetary unit of the UK, equal to 100 pence. Example sentencesExamples - The only exceptions to this convention are quotes in relation to the euro, the pound sterling and the Australian dollar - these three are quoted as dollars per foreign currency.
- Vandals have trashed 52 shopping trolleys, causing thousands of pounds worth of damage.
- According to analysts, sale of the company could raise several hundred million pounds.
- A post office worker has admitted stealing thousands of pounds worth of benefit payments.
- Missed holidays mean that nearly four billion pounds worth of work goes unpaid across the country each year.
- As things stand we are looking at the euro going to $1.40 and the pound sterling being worth two dollars in the New Year.
- I want to take advantage of the relative values of the pound sterling and the Australian dollar.
- Changes in exchange rates between the UK pounds sterling and the US dollar will affect the translation of the UK subsidiaries' financial results into US dollars for the purposes of reporting the consolidated financial results.
- It's a curious truth that, in the middle of a multi-million pound anti-truancy drive, most of the people this campaign is aimed at simply don't know what those in authority are talking about.
- A popular village event which raises thousands of pounds for charity is under threat.
- The cedi dropped 12 cents against the U.S. dollar and 83 cents against the pound at the end of April.
- For instance, a major reason for the damaging appreciations of the dollar and the pound sterling in the 1980s was tight monetary policy in the United States and United Kingdom respectively.
- The dollar will continue to slide against the Euro and the Pound, reaching a low of $2 to the pound before the middle of the year (and possibly sinking further).
- The data will be required to be submitted on a quarterly basis and will be in the five major currencies of the world, viz., the US dollar, the yen, the Deutsche mark, the pound sterling, and the euro.
- The owner said that it had cost 85,000 British pounds which was 20,000 over his budget.
Synonyms pound sterling, £ British informal quid, smacker, smackeroo, nicker, oner, oncer British historical sovereign - 2.1
- 2.2 The basic monetary unit of several Middle Eastern countries, equal to 100 piastres.
Example sentencesExamples - He said coalition forces on the ground recovered numerous weapons, 2m Iraqi dinars and Syrian pounds, foreign passports and a satcom radio.
- More than seven million Egyptian pounds have been spent on updating it to prepare for privatisation.
- 2.3 The former basic monetary unit of Cyprus, equal to 100 cents.
- 2.4 The basic monetary unit of Sudan.
Example sentencesExamples - The north, he said, would continue with the dinar and south Sudan would adopt the new Sudan pound.
Phrases informal Used to emphasize one's certainty about something. simply think of your budget and a pound to a penny we'll have the car to suit it Example sentencesExamples - I will lay a pound to a penny that if he does reintroduce fees the money will be used not to beat educational disadvantage, but either to pay public service wages or to reduce total state spending.
- But a pound to a penny in old money, Fermanagh will come out on Saturday confident of polishing off Mayo and moving on to the All-Ireland final for the first time in their history.
- I'd lay a pound to a penny that the first time Woking council invoke their new powers it will not be to defeat a cunning plot by international terrorists...but in a dispute over hedges or car parking.
Something one is strictly or legally entitled to, but which it is ruthless or inhuman to demand. Example sentencesExamples - And they let me do this three-CD spoken-word box set without really demanding a pound of flesh in return.
- A thought for the New Year might be that they are after all money lenders and like the most famous of them, Shylock, there comes a time when they will demand their pound of flesh.
- I sense they feel their power and, at the worst possible moment, double the price, or demand a pound of flesh.
- But he will still demand his monthly pound of flesh.
- ‘The coalition partners will demand their pound of flesh when it comes to getting the best portfolios,’ said one observer.
- Now that these men demand their pound of flesh in increasingly raucous voices, the government at the Centre has no resort left but to acquiesce.
- If the city councillors decide to go ahead with demanding their pound of flesh, perhaps the central government could compensate by offering to honour its moral obligation by paying the rent on behalf of the embassies.
- Clubs are demanding their pound of flesh and, bit by bit, are seeking to subvert the supremacy of nationalist interests.
- And while the jury is aghast at some of the recent evidence, and will rightly demand its pound of flesh, it is also capable of taking a longer-term view.
- Despite the sport demanding its pound of flesh, financially and physically, he managed to pull his weight for four full years.
Origin Old English pund, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch pond and German Pfund, from Latin (libra) pondo, denoting a Roman ‘pound weight’ of 12 ounces. This goes back to Latin libra pondo, a Roman weight equivalent to 12 ounces—libra meant ‘scales, balance’ and pondo was ‘by weight’. Libra gives the ‘L’ in the old £sd, for ‘pound, shillings, and pence’ (the d. for denarius, the Latin word for an ancient Roman silver coin, see penny). The money sense, also Old English, arose because the first pound was literally a pound of silver. Pound meaning ‘to beat, strike heavily’ is a different Old English word, as is pound in the sense ‘an enclosure’. In Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice the moneylender Shylock lends the merchant Antonio money on condition that if he fails to repay it on time he must forfeit a pound of his flesh. When Antonio is unable to pay, Shylock insists on holding him to the agreement, but is foiled by the clever pleading of Portia, who argues that if the flesh is taken it must be done without spilling any blood in the process, as the deed specifies flesh only. To demand your pound of flesh has come to mean ‘ruthlessly demand something you are owed’.
Rhymes abound, aground, around, astound, bound, compound, confound, dumbfound, expound, found, ground, hound, impound, interwound, mound, profound, propound, redound, round, sound, stoneground, surround, theatre-in-the-round (US theater-in-the-round), underground, wound verb paʊndpaʊnd [with object]1Strike or hit heavily and repeatedly. Patrick pounded the couch with his fists no object pounding on the door, she shouted at the top of her voice Example sentencesExamples - There was a resounding thud as the golem pounded one of the steel poles into the ground less than half a foot from Tim.
- That was a mistake and that gave his opponent the chance to pound at his back.
- She woke up at noon the next day feeling as if a hammer had pounded each one of her muscles.
- The village was being pounded by volcano ejecta that have already flattened a house.
- This city has been pounded by artillery, by air strikes, by bombardment.
- A boat from the killer fleet had struck the reef out past the skerries and was being pounded to pieces by the pelting waves.
- Some of the vehicles look as though they have been pounded with a hammer.
- However, you will be able to dispatch most of these opponents by pounding on the primary attack button whenever an enemy nears you.
- She was standing right in front of the door with a giant umbrella in her hand and started pounding me with it and stabbing me with the point.
- The spectacular shorelines were pounded by huge waves, hammering away at the enormous rock faces.
- I frantically pounded on the door, screaming to be let out.
- They awoke to find the rain pounding down on the sole window of their room.
- Chassepot armed infantry easily checked their opponents, but were pounded by artillery and forced to retreat as the Germans found their flanks.
- The rain was pounding heavily against the windows of the apartment.
- She could still hear the rain pounding away on the roof.
- The rain was still pounding relentlessly against the glass, tapping and slapping.
- I struck him, pounding on his chest with all my might as I continued my theatrics.
- It goes with the territory when you weigh 255 pounds and lack elusiveness and opponents have been pounding on you for three months.
- She narrowed her eyes and turned to the door, wanting to pound whoever was out there.
- It felt as if a million nails were being pounded by a hammer.
Synonyms beat, strike, hit, batter, thump, pummel, punch, rain blows on, belabour, hammer, thrash, set on, tear into, weigh into, bang, crack, drub, welt, thwack informal bash, clobber, wallop, beat the living daylights out of, give someone a (good) hiding, whack, biff, bop, lay into, pitch into, lace into, let someone have it, knock into the middle of next week, sock, lam, whomp British informal stick one on, slosh North American informal boff, bust, slug, light into, whale Australian/New Zealand informal dong, quilt literary smite, swinge beat against, crash against, batter, dash against, crack into/against, lash, strike, hit, buffet bombard, bomb, shell, blitz, strafe, torpedo, pepper, fire on, attack archaic cannonade - 1.1no object Beat or throb with a strong regular rhythm.
Example sentencesExamples - As I moved cautiously back to my room, my heart never stopped pounding loudly in my ears.
- The man's eyes darted open as he glanced around the room for a moment, heart pounding and hand throbbing in sympathy with the memory.
- His heart pounded quickly, beating out a fierce tattoo in his strong chest as he walked down the paths which wound and turned into dead ends.
- Still moving, we drew nearer to the location and our hearts began to pound faster.
- Blood pounded in her temples, her cheeks burnt with the shock of impact.
- The voices still pounded away in his ears even though they had gone long ago.
- There are countless others including some recently written that would take very little to get the blood pounding and the heart throbbing.
- She waited a beat, her heart pounding in her ears, then laughed again.
- My heart pounded furiously in my chest, and dizziness washed over me in waves.
- She was weak, now, even with the vampiric blood pounding through her veins.
- I could feel his pulse pounding in his throat.
- His heart began to pound loudly in his ears as the woman perused his features blankly.
- Her heart began to race inside of her chest, pounding against her ribcage.
- He could feel the anger swelling up and beginning to pound through his veins.
- He could feel the sweats in his hands, and the heartbeat pounding against his rib cage.
- His feet were still pounding a maniacal staccato beat.
- He kicked it with his toe, his pulse pounding with excitement.
- His throat was dry, and his head was pounding like a bass drum, but otherwise he felt ok.
- I suddenly realized that my heart was pounding and beating so fast it hurt.
- Rachel could feel her heart start pounding faster at the sight of his smile.
Synonyms throb, thump, thud, hammer, pulsate, pulse, pump, palpitate, race, beat heavily, go pit-a-pat, pitter-patter, vibrate, drum literary pant, thrill rare quop - 1.2no object, with adverbial of direction Walk or run with heavy steps.
I heard him pounding along the gangway Example sentencesExamples - Leanne's outrage returned and she flung her mother aside, her feet pounding up the front steps.
- A few steps into the house, loud steps pounded down the stairs.
- Her feet pounded down the steps, echoing through the hollow grayness of the castle.
- Before he had time to respond the blonde was already pounding down the steps and on her way into the kitchen.
- The ability to think rationally flooded out of her as she heard his heavy footsteps pounding louder.
- The sound of steps pounding on linoleum rang out, so close, so close, coming from just beyond the door, and yet she couldn't move.
- Heavy feet pounded on the packed dirt and a moment later Michael was wading into the fray.
- They heard heavy footsteps pounding on the stone steps and they saw Matilda standing in front of them with her smile at its most evil.
- They could hear him running down the corridor, feet pounding along the steps.
- Feet could be heard pounding down the steps to his quarters and a voice cried out, ‘Maurice!’
- His sneakers pounded the black pavement as he bolted to the sliding glass doors.
- The soldier had regained his feet and pounded up the steps after her.
- Finally, he vanished from sight and she heard the sound of horses hooves rapidly pounding away.
- It is all too easy to sneak out of the apartment now, and within the space of five minutes, my footsteps are pounding along the pavement.
- She heard steps pounded down the hallway, they were only slightly muffled by the carpet.
- Heavy footsteps pounding down the thickly carpeted steps as Ethan entered the room, one of his endless flings hanging onto his arms.
- But running, especially pounding along on a hard surface like a road or path, can put a lot of strain on joints.
- I could hear ten pairs of heavy feet pound past me as Julius yanked me up.
- Footsteps pounded the pavement behind them, and Devon gripped her hand tightly.
- He footsteps pounded down the stairs and rang in my ears.
Synonyms walk/run heavily, stomp, lumber, clomp, clump, tramp, trudge thunder Scottish & Northern Irish sprauchle North American tromp
2Crush or grind (something) into a powder or paste. pound the cloves with salt and pepper until smooth Example sentencesExamples - For example, I was trying to mash up some potatoes, and I guess I was pounding the potatoes too hard.
- They may have been part of a pre-Christian religious ritual or they may have been communal property in which corn or oats was pounded or ground.
- Using a mortar and pestle, pound the garlic and chili pepper with olive oil to form a rough paste.
- Using your pestle and mortar, you want to pound the garlic with a little pinch of salt along with the basil leaves.
- She pounded the roots feverishly with mortar and pestle, mixing in a little water, and a little lamb's blood one of the women had brought to her from the courtyard.
- These vegetables are often pounded into a thick, sticky dough or paste.
- Slowly add olive oil to loosen the paste as you pound it then add the rest of the cheese.
- In a mortar, pound the salt, garlic and anchovies to a paste.
- As the ingredients are pounded they release their fragrance; the balance of the paste can be perceived in this aroma, and is adjusted while being made.
- Currently at the moment they're making cardamom, and you can hear they're pounding, so they clean it and then they pound it and then they grind it on stone, and we sell the spices with our logo on it.
- In Africa, fufu is made by boiling plantain, cassava, or rice, and then pounding it with a large wooden mortar and pestle.
- Using a mortar and pestle, pound the white peppercorns, cilantro roots and garlic cloves into a thick paste, adding each ingredient one at a time.
- Whiz them to a powder using a spice or coffee grinder, or pound them in a pestle and mortar.
- Traditionally, a mortar pestle is used to pound the coffee, but he tells me that with the passage of time, quite a few things have changed.
- After pounding them in a mortar, one obtains a red powder, ndimba.
- Writing, which ought to nurture and give shape to thought, is instead being used to pound it into a powder and then reconstitute it into gruel.
Synonyms crush, grind, pulverize, beat, mill, pestle, mash, pulp, bruise, powder, granulate technical triturate, comminute archaic bray, levigate rare kibble - 2.1informal Defeat (an opponent) in a resounding way.
with object and complement he pounded the unseeded American 6–2 7–5 7–5 Example sentencesExamples - He pounded him to defeat inside three rounds.
- The All Whites shouldn't be constantly praised for ‘brave defeats’ when they've clearly been pounded.
- After 40 pitches he tires, or opponents adjust and pound him.
- But in April last year, he pounded him to defeat, knocking him out in the seventh round of a one-sided contest.
- The Drogheda man could not put two punches together as his eager opponent came forward, crowded him and pounded him with two fisted combinations.
- It was something of a massacre - Hawthorn pounded St Kilda into the ground in a major way, and I was glad to be only supporting them for today!
- At least it lessened the surprise of his being pounded for eight runs in 4 innings, the worst start of his big-league career.
- Few teams have the personnel to slow down an opponent that can effectively run the break and also pound you inside.
- In a server market with millions of units shipped overall per quarter, it is pounding rivals into the ground with 3,178 sales.
Synonyms beat, conquer, win against, win a victory over, triumph over, prevail over, get the better of, best, worst, vanquish
Phrases (of a police officer) patrol an allocated route or area. Example sentencesExamples - In any case, the law has returned in the form of a local policeman pounding the beat (only daytime, but welcome all the same) and a traffic warden (unwelcome by one and all it would seem).
- It is a matter of record that he, despite his seniority in the Metropolitan Police, has recently pounded the beat and personally made arrests.
- He also called for an increase in police pounding the beat in the area, saying: ‘I think that local people want to see visible policing, with a higher profile.’
- Employees pounded the beat with police officers as they blitzed householders with crime prevention advice.
- Four police officers were pounding the beat in a different part of London on Saturday as they zipped round the marathon course to raise over £3,000 for charity.
- That means the centre evaluating a whole raft of community safety measures, such as CCTV cameras, better street lighting - and the numbers of policemen pounding the beat.
- Paramedics are on call and police officers are pounding the beat.
- He was involved in an initiative calling for senior Scotland Yard officers to pound the beat for at least four hours each month.
- All council tax increases were pushed up by two percentage points to pay for a £43 million plan to get 567 extra police officers pounding the beat this year.
- I want to see bobbies pounding the beat around here on foot rather than driving around once or twice a night in a van.
Phrasal Verbs Produce a text or piece of music with heavy strokes on a keyboard or instrument. an old typewriter on which she pounded out her poems Example sentencesExamples - Written by a former Marine Corporal in 1987 when stationed in Washington D.C., it was pounded out on a typewriter while awaiting the commanding officer's Christmas holiday decoration inspection.
- They are standing by the story, saying it's possible the documents were pounded out on a typewriter.
Origin Old English pūnian; related to Dutch puin, Low German pün '(building) rubbish'. noun paʊndpaʊnd 1A place where stray animals, especially dogs, may be officially taken and kept until claimed by their owners. Example sentencesExamples - It is the animal pound's word against the neighbor's, and although I am guilty of not following the by-law, I hardly think that I deserve the heartache this has caused me.
- The municipality will take steps to stop people adopting animals from the pound and then releasing them back on the streets.
- Like most pounds and animal welfare groups their policy is not to re-home puppies two weeks before Christmas.
- I couldn't put other people's animals in the pound.
- He appealed to owners to take responsibility for their unwanted pets by phoning the dog warden or by dropping the animal to their local pound or animal sanctuary.
- Anyone who has a problem with stray dogs can contact the County Dog Warden who will arrange to have the dog brought to an animal pound.
- Aided by a donkey sanctuary welfare officer, he followed a trail that led him to animal pounds and fields in remote areas in the black of night.
- They were dogs that had not the karma of household pets, or strays at the pound, but that of the seekers of ecumenical truth.
Synonyms enclosure, compound, pen, yard British greenyard historical pinfold - 1.1 A place where illegally parked motor vehicles removed by the police are kept until their owners pay a fine in order to reclaim them.
Example sentencesExamples - At 1930 he and many other vehicles that had been stopped were escorted by police to the pound in East London, where our bakkie was impounded.
- 1.2archaic A place of confinement; a trap or prison.
verb paʊndpaʊnd [with object]archaic Shut (an animal) in a pound.
Origin Late Middle English (earlier in compounds): of uncertain origin. Early use referred to an enclosure for the detention of stray or trespassing cattle. nounpaʊndpound 1A unit of weight in general use equal to 16 oz. avoirdupois (0.4536 kg). Example sentencesExamples - Most cohort members reported their offspring's birth weights in pounds and ounces.
- The airplane was covered with a thick layer of ice that had deformed the normally efficient airfoil and added several hundred pounds of extra weight.
- Subject height was 5 feet and 3 inches and subject weight was 47 pounds and 4 ounces.
- The squid weighs about 550 pounds and was found in two pieces on Seven Mile Beach.
- Birth weight was recorded in pounds and ounces and converted into kilograms.
- Thus, using this value is a bit like rounding off your own weight to the nearest hundred pounds.
- At a weight of two hundred pounds, he is still nowhere near his goal, but he has already made a vast improvement.
- A Gecko can support the equivalent of 90 pounds while hanging upside down.
- Also, please keep in mind that no matter where you are, a kilogram equals 2.2 pounds.
- The average weight of workers when they left the factory was 76 pounds.
- Each reel of film weighs about 350 pounds and is moved around with a special forklift.
- More than 200 pounds of chilled, wet bamboo were in supply to cater to any hunger pangs.
- Medication errors in children can occur when a decimal point is misplaced in a dose, or an incorrect weight conversion from pounds to kilograms is made.
- It could be anything, from tiny fractions of a gram to hundreds of pounds of high explosives.
- Also, no single piece of luggage should exceed 70 pounds or 32 kilos in weight.
- Distances still refer to yards or miles, weights are in pounds and ounces, and temperature readings are in Fahrenheit.
- A short ton is the standard U.S. ton of 2,000 pounds and measures weight.
- It is approved for rates of 1-3 ounces per hundred pounds of seed.
- Through weight training and cardio, I lost another 19 pounds and gained a ton of muscle.
- In cooking, ingredients are expressed in teaspoons, tablespoons, ounces, pounds, and cups.
- 1.1 A unit of weight equal to 12 oz. troy (0.3732 kg) used for precious metals.
2The basic monetary unit of the UK, equal to 100 pence. Example sentencesExamples - The data will be required to be submitted on a quarterly basis and will be in the five major currencies of the world, viz., the US dollar, the yen, the Deutsche mark, the pound sterling, and the euro.
- The dollar will continue to slide against the Euro and the Pound, reaching a low of $2 to the pound before the middle of the year (and possibly sinking further).
- The cedi dropped 12 cents against the U.S. dollar and 83 cents against the pound at the end of April.
- For instance, a major reason for the damaging appreciations of the dollar and the pound sterling in the 1980s was tight monetary policy in the United States and United Kingdom respectively.
- A post office worker has admitted stealing thousands of pounds worth of benefit payments.
- The only exceptions to this convention are quotes in relation to the euro, the pound sterling and the Australian dollar - these three are quoted as dollars per foreign currency.
- According to analysts, sale of the company could raise several hundred million pounds.
- It's a curious truth that, in the middle of a multi-million pound anti-truancy drive, most of the people this campaign is aimed at simply don't know what those in authority are talking about.
- As things stand we are looking at the euro going to $1.40 and the pound sterling being worth two dollars in the New Year.
- I want to take advantage of the relative values of the pound sterling and the Australian dollar.
- Vandals have trashed 52 shopping trolleys, causing thousands of pounds worth of damage.
- A popular village event which raises thousands of pounds for charity is under threat.
- The owner said that it had cost 85,000 British pounds which was 20,000 over his budget.
- Changes in exchange rates between the UK pounds sterling and the US dollar will affect the translation of the UK subsidiaries' financial results into US dollars for the purposes of reporting the consolidated financial results.
- Missed holidays mean that nearly four billion pounds worth of work goes unpaid across the country each year.
- 2.1
- 2.2 The basic monetary unit of several Middle Eastern countries, equal to 100 piastres.
Example sentencesExamples - He said coalition forces on the ground recovered numerous weapons, 2m Iraqi dinars and Syrian pounds, foreign passports and a satcom radio.
- More than seven million Egyptian pounds have been spent on updating it to prepare for privatisation.
- 2.3 The former basic monetary unit of Cyprus, equal to 100 cents.
- 2.4 The basic monetary unit of Sudan.
Example sentencesExamples - The north, he said, would continue with the dinar and south Sudan would adopt the new Sudan pound.
Phrases Something one is strictly or legally entitled to, but which it is ruthless or inhuman to demand. Example sentencesExamples - And while the jury is aghast at some of the recent evidence, and will rightly demand its pound of flesh, it is also capable of taking a longer-term view.
- But he will still demand his monthly pound of flesh.
- A thought for the New Year might be that they are after all money lenders and like the most famous of them, Shylock, there comes a time when they will demand their pound of flesh.
- Now that these men demand their pound of flesh in increasingly raucous voices, the government at the Centre has no resort left but to acquiesce.
- I sense they feel their power and, at the worst possible moment, double the price, or demand a pound of flesh.
- And they let me do this three-CD spoken-word box set without really demanding a pound of flesh in return.
- Clubs are demanding their pound of flesh and, bit by bit, are seeking to subvert the supremacy of nationalist interests.
- Despite the sport demanding its pound of flesh, financially and physically, he managed to pull his weight for four full years.
- ‘The coalition partners will demand their pound of flesh when it comes to getting the best portfolios,’ said one observer.
- If the city councillors decide to go ahead with demanding their pound of flesh, perhaps the central government could compensate by offering to honour its moral obligation by paying the rent on behalf of the embassies.
Origin Old English pund, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch pond and German Pfund, from Latin ( libra) pondo, denoting a Roman ‘pound weight’ of 12 ounces. verbpoundpaʊnd [with object]1Strike or hit heavily and repeatedly. Patrick pounded the couch with his fists U.S. gunships pounded the capital no object pounding on the door, she shouted at the top of her voice Example sentencesExamples - I struck him, pounding on his chest with all my might as I continued my theatrics.
- However, you will be able to dispatch most of these opponents by pounding on the primary attack button whenever an enemy nears you.
- It goes with the territory when you weigh 255 pounds and lack elusiveness and opponents have been pounding on you for three months.
- This city has been pounded by artillery, by air strikes, by bombardment.
- A boat from the killer fleet had struck the reef out past the skerries and was being pounded to pieces by the pelting waves.
- They awoke to find the rain pounding down on the sole window of their room.
- That was a mistake and that gave his opponent the chance to pound at his back.
- I frantically pounded on the door, screaming to be let out.
- She was standing right in front of the door with a giant umbrella in her hand and started pounding me with it and stabbing me with the point.
- She narrowed her eyes and turned to the door, wanting to pound whoever was out there.
- It felt as if a million nails were being pounded by a hammer.
- She woke up at noon the next day feeling as if a hammer had pounded each one of her muscles.
- The spectacular shorelines were pounded by huge waves, hammering away at the enormous rock faces.
- The rain was still pounding relentlessly against the glass, tapping and slapping.
- The rain was pounding heavily against the windows of the apartment.
- She could still hear the rain pounding away on the roof.
- There was a resounding thud as the golem pounded one of the steel poles into the ground less than half a foot from Tim.
- The village was being pounded by volcano ejecta that have already flattened a house.
- Some of the vehicles look as though they have been pounded with a hammer.
- Chassepot armed infantry easily checked their opponents, but were pounded by artillery and forced to retreat as the Germans found their flanks.
Synonyms beat, strike, hit, batter, thump, pummel, punch, rain blows on, belabour, hammer, thrash, set on, tear into, weigh into, bang, crack, drub, welt, thwack beat against, crash against, batter, dash against, crack against, crack into, lash, strike, hit, buffet bombard, bomb, shell, blitz, strafe, torpedo, pepper, fire on, attack - 1.1 Crush or grind (something) into a powder or paste by beating it with an instrument such as a pestle.
pound the cloves with salt and pepper until smooth Example sentencesExamples - Slowly add olive oil to loosen the paste as you pound it then add the rest of the cheese.
- Whiz them to a powder using a spice or coffee grinder, or pound them in a pestle and mortar.
- These vegetables are often pounded into a thick, sticky dough or paste.
- In Africa, fufu is made by boiling plantain, cassava, or rice, and then pounding it with a large wooden mortar and pestle.
- She pounded the roots feverishly with mortar and pestle, mixing in a little water, and a little lamb's blood one of the women had brought to her from the courtyard.
- As the ingredients are pounded they release their fragrance; the balance of the paste can be perceived in this aroma, and is adjusted while being made.
- In a mortar, pound the salt, garlic and anchovies to a paste.
- For example, I was trying to mash up some potatoes, and I guess I was pounding the potatoes too hard.
- Traditionally, a mortar pestle is used to pound the coffee, but he tells me that with the passage of time, quite a few things have changed.
- Currently at the moment they're making cardamom, and you can hear they're pounding, so they clean it and then they pound it and then they grind it on stone, and we sell the spices with our logo on it.
- Using your pestle and mortar, you want to pound the garlic with a little pinch of salt along with the basil leaves.
- After pounding them in a mortar, one obtains a red powder, ndimba.
- Using a mortar and pestle, pound the white peppercorns, cilantro roots and garlic cloves into a thick paste, adding each ingredient one at a time.
- Using a mortar and pestle, pound the garlic and chili pepper with olive oil to form a rough paste.
- They may have been part of a pre-Christian religious ritual or they may have been communal property in which corn or oats was pounded or ground.
- Writing, which ought to nurture and give shape to thought, is instead being used to pound it into a powder and then reconstitute it into gruel.
Synonyms crush, grind, pulverize, beat, mill, pestle, mash, pulp, bruise, powder, granulate - 1.2no object Beat, throb, or vibrate with a strong regular rhythm.
Example sentencesExamples - The man's eyes darted open as he glanced around the room for a moment, heart pounding and hand throbbing in sympathy with the memory.
- His throat was dry, and his head was pounding like a bass drum, but otherwise he felt ok.
- There are countless others including some recently written that would take very little to get the blood pounding and the heart throbbing.
- My heart pounded furiously in my chest, and dizziness washed over me in waves.
- Rachel could feel her heart start pounding faster at the sight of his smile.
- He kicked it with his toe, his pulse pounding with excitement.
- I could feel his pulse pounding in his throat.
- He could feel the sweats in his hands, and the heartbeat pounding against his rib cage.
- The voices still pounded away in his ears even though they had gone long ago.
- Her heart began to race inside of her chest, pounding against her ribcage.
- His heart pounded quickly, beating out a fierce tattoo in his strong chest as he walked down the paths which wound and turned into dead ends.
- He could feel the anger swelling up and beginning to pound through his veins.
- I suddenly realized that my heart was pounding and beating so fast it hurt.
- His heart began to pound loudly in his ears as the woman perused his features blankly.
- She was weak, now, even with the vampiric blood pounding through her veins.
- Blood pounded in her temples, her cheeks burnt with the shock of impact.
- Still moving, we drew nearer to the location and our hearts began to pound faster.
- His feet were still pounding a maniacal staccato beat.
- As I moved cautiously back to my room, my heart never stopped pounding loudly in my ears.
- She waited a beat, her heart pounding in her ears, then laughed again.
Synonyms throb, thump, thud, hammer, pulsate, pulse, pump, palpitate, race, beat heavily, go pit-a-pat, pitter-patter, vibrate, drum - 1.3no object Walk or run with heavy steps.
I heard him pounding along the gangway Example sentencesExamples - It is all too easy to sneak out of the apartment now, and within the space of five minutes, my footsteps are pounding along the pavement.
- Feet could be heard pounding down the steps to his quarters and a voice cried out, ‘Maurice!’
- They could hear him running down the corridor, feet pounding along the steps.
- Her feet pounded down the steps, echoing through the hollow grayness of the castle.
- Heavy footsteps pounding down the thickly carpeted steps as Ethan entered the room, one of his endless flings hanging onto his arms.
- Finally, he vanished from sight and she heard the sound of horses hooves rapidly pounding away.
- Footsteps pounded the pavement behind them, and Devon gripped her hand tightly.
- They heard heavy footsteps pounding on the stone steps and they saw Matilda standing in front of them with her smile at its most evil.
- His sneakers pounded the black pavement as he bolted to the sliding glass doors.
- He footsteps pounded down the stairs and rang in my ears.
- I could hear ten pairs of heavy feet pound past me as Julius yanked me up.
- She heard steps pounded down the hallway, they were only slightly muffled by the carpet.
- The sound of steps pounding on linoleum rang out, so close, so close, coming from just beyond the door, and yet she couldn't move.
- Heavy feet pounded on the packed dirt and a moment later Michael was wading into the fray.
- But running, especially pounding along on a hard surface like a road or path, can put a lot of strain on joints.
- Before he had time to respond the blonde was already pounding down the steps and on her way into the kitchen.
- The ability to think rationally flooded out of her as she heard his heavy footsteps pounding louder.
- The soldier had regained his feet and pounded up the steps after her.
- Leanne's outrage returned and she flung her mother aside, her feet pounding up the front steps.
- A few steps into the house, loud steps pounded down the stairs.
Synonyms run heavily, walk heavily, stomp, lumber, clomp, clump, tramp, trudge - 1.4informal Defeat (an opponent) in a resounding way.
the Yankees pounded the Red Sox 22–1 Example sentencesExamples - But in April last year, he pounded him to defeat, knocking him out in the seventh round of a one-sided contest.
- The All Whites shouldn't be constantly praised for ‘brave defeats’ when they've clearly been pounded.
- After 40 pitches he tires, or opponents adjust and pound him.
- Few teams have the personnel to slow down an opponent that can effectively run the break and also pound you inside.
- In a server market with millions of units shipped overall per quarter, it is pounding rivals into the ground with 3,178 sales.
- He pounded him to defeat inside three rounds.
- The Drogheda man could not put two punches together as his eager opponent came forward, crowded him and pounded him with two fisted combinations.
- At least it lessened the surprise of his being pounded for eight runs in 4 innings, the worst start of his big-league career.
- It was something of a massacre - Hawthorn pounded St Kilda into the ground in a major way, and I was glad to be only supporting them for today!
Synonyms beat, conquer, win against, win a victory over, triumph over, prevail over, get the better of, best, worst, vanquish
Phrases (of a police officer) patrol an assigned route or area. Example sentencesExamples - That means the centre evaluating a whole raft of community safety measures, such as CCTV cameras, better street lighting - and the numbers of policemen pounding the beat.
- He was involved in an initiative calling for senior Scotland Yard officers to pound the beat for at least four hours each month.
- Paramedics are on call and police officers are pounding the beat.
- Four police officers were pounding the beat in a different part of London on Saturday as they zipped round the marathon course to raise over £3,000 for charity.
- In any case, the law has returned in the form of a local policeman pounding the beat (only daytime, but welcome all the same) and a traffic warden (unwelcome by one and all it would seem).
- All council tax increases were pushed up by two percentage points to pay for a £43 million plan to get 567 extra police officers pounding the beat this year.
- Employees pounded the beat with police officers as they blitzed householders with crime prevention advice.
- I want to see bobbies pounding the beat around here on foot rather than driving around once or twice a night in a van.
- He also called for an increase in police pounding the beat in the area, saying: ‘I think that local people want to see visible policing, with a higher profile.’
- It is a matter of record that he, despite his seniority in the Metropolitan Police, has recently pounded the beat and personally made arrests.
1Walk the streets in an effort to accomplish something. I will pound the pavement from city to city in order to explain the dangers - 1.1Search diligently for something, typically for a job.
although the country's current jobless rate is small, the number of people pounding the pavement has become a growing worry Example sentencesExamples - Back from Mayfair on Kensington High Street, I was once again swept up in the rhythm of this city, a relentless beat that, after a day of pounding the pavement, must take a toll on all but the young.
- With their numbers of enlistees falling, soldiers-turned-salesmen in Reno, NV, work the phones and pound the pavement.
- With 20% of MBA grads from this year's survey still pounding the pavement, the best-ranked programs are the ones that give students an edge during tough economic times.
- He pressed more flesh in five minutes than a politician pounding the pavement in search of votes on Election Day.
- While you were out pounding the pavement, I was booking a special day for us.
- On this past visit, I was really trying to make it a permanent home, as I was pounding the pavement for jobs in financial news.
- Part of the problem is that journalism terminology glorifies ‘shoe-leather reporting,’ whereby you pound the pavement so often you wear out the soles of your shoes.
- For those pounding the pavement in search of work or forced to produce more in fewer hours with little or no improvement in pay, this is all bad news.
- You have to pound the pavement in search of sources, burn the candle at both ends to write engaging sentences, and worst of all, you have to read the whole blurb on the dust jacket of a book for that deep, deep background.
- For the first time, I can see the different types of people pounding the pavement, and different cultures competing for attention.
Phrasal Verbs 1Type something with heavy keystrokes. an old typewriter on which she pounded out her poems Example sentencesExamples - They are standing by the story, saying it's possible the documents were pounded out on a typewriter.
- Written by a former Marine Corporal in 1987 when stationed in Washington D.C., it was pounded out on a typewriter while awaiting the commanding officer's Christmas holiday decoration inspection.
- 1.1Produce music by striking an instrument heavily and repeatedly.
the women pounded out a ringing tattoo on several oil drums Example sentencesExamples - It closes the album proper on a more downbeat trip and still pounds it out before the end.
- Hawkins pounds the rhythms out mercilessly, all the while fuzzed-out guitars storm the ear canals of the listener.
- It was a great way to kick off the night; they really pounded the beats out.
- They are made by pounding the basic notes out of the surface of steel drums used to transport oil.
Origin Old English pūnian; related to Dutch puin, Low German pün ‘(building) rubbish’. nounpaʊndpound 1A place where stray animals, especially dogs, may be officially taken and kept until claimed by their owners or otherwise disposed of. Example sentencesExamples - Aided by a donkey sanctuary welfare officer, he followed a trail that led him to animal pounds and fields in remote areas in the black of night.
- Anyone who has a problem with stray dogs can contact the County Dog Warden who will arrange to have the dog brought to an animal pound.
- They were dogs that had not the karma of household pets, or strays at the pound, but that of the seekers of ecumenical truth.
- Like most pounds and animal welfare groups their policy is not to re-home puppies two weeks before Christmas.
- He appealed to owners to take responsibility for their unwanted pets by phoning the dog warden or by dropping the animal to their local pound or animal sanctuary.
- It is the animal pound's word against the neighbor's, and although I am guilty of not following the by-law, I hardly think that I deserve the heartache this has caused me.
- The municipality will take steps to stop people adopting animals from the pound and then releasing them back on the streets.
- I couldn't put other people's animals in the pound.
Synonyms enclosure, compound, pen, yard - 1.1 A place where illegally parked motor vehicles removed by the police are kept until their owners pay a fine in order to reclaim them.
Example sentencesExamples - At 1930 he and many other vehicles that had been stopped were escorted by police to the pound in East London, where our bakkie was impounded.
- 1.2archaic A place of confinement; a trap or prison.
verbpaʊndpound [with object]archaic Shut (an animal) in a pound.
Origin Late Middle English (earlier in compounds): of uncertain origin. Early use referred to an enclosure for the detention of stray or trespassing cattle. |