1. 16 ounces avoirdupois
   "he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds"
   -

1. Hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
   "the salesman pounded the door knocker"
   - thump, poke 
2. Strike or drive against with a heavy impact
   "pound on the door"
   - ram, ram down 
3. Move heavily or clumsily
   - lumber 
4. Move rhythmically
   - beat, thump 
5. Partition off into compartments
   "The locks pound the water of the canal"
   - pound off 
6. Shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
   "The prisoners are safely pounded"
   - pound up 
7. Place or shut up in a pound
   "pound the cows so they don't stray"
   - impound 
8. Break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle
   "pound the roots with a heavy flat stone"

1. United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972)
   - Ezra Pound, Ezra Loomis Pound

Derived forms: pounds, pounding, pounded

See also: poundage, pounder, pounding

Type of: author, avoirdupois unit, blow, break up, British monetary unit, confine, Cypriot monetary unit, Egyptian monetary unit, enclosure, force unit, fragment, fragmentise [Brit], fragmentize, hit, hold, Irish monetary unit, Lebanese monetary unit, move, partition, partition off, poet, restrain, Sudanese monetary unit, symbol, Syrian monetary unit, thrust, walk, writer

Part of: quarter [US], stone [Brit]

Encyclopedia: Pound, Richard Pound, Ezra Pound Pound, VA Pound, Wisconsin Pound, WI Pound, Virginia

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