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noun | verb poundpound1 /paʊnd/ ●●● S1 W1 noun ETYMOLOGYpound1Origin: (1-2) Old English pund, from Latin pondo ► a/per pound Navel oranges are only 39 cents a pound. ► gained ... pounds I’ve gained ten pounds (=become ten pounds heavier) since last year. ► lost ... pounds I lost 20 pounds (=became 20 pounds lighter) in the hospital. 1 (written abbreviation lb.) [countable] science a unit for measuring weight, equal to 16 ounces or about 0.454 kilograms: an eight-pound three-ounce baby girlpound of a pound of applesa/per pound Navel oranges are only 39 cents a pound. I’ve gained ten pounds (=become ten pounds heavier) since last year. I lost 20 pounds (=became 20 pounds lighter) in the hospital.2[countable] a) (written abbreviation £) the standard unit of money in the U.K. b)the standard unit of money in various other countries, such as Egypt and Sudan3[countable] the pound a)a place where dogs and cats that are found on the street are kept until someone comes to get them b)a place where cars that have been parked illegally are kept until the owners pay to get them back4[uncountable] (also the pound sign/key) the symbol (#), or the button on a telephone with this symbol: Enter your code, and then press pound.5get/take etc. your pound of flesh to get the full amount of work, money, etc. that someone owes you, even though it makes him or her suffer and you do not really need it [Origin: (1-2) Old English pund, from Latin pondo] noun | verb poundpound2 ●○○ verb ETYMOLOGYpound2Origin: Old English punian VERB TABLEpound |
| Present | I, you, we, they | pound | | he, she, it | pounds | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | pounded | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have pounded | | he, she, it | has pounded | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had pounded | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will pound | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have pounded |
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| Present | I | am pounding | | he, she, it | is pounding | | you, we, they | are pounding | | Past | I, he, she, it | was pounding | | you, we, they | were pounding | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been pounding | | he, she, it | has been pounding | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been pounding | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be pounding | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been pounding |
THESAURUStouch somebody/something hard► hit to touch someone or something hard and quickly with your hand, a stick, etc.: I thought she was going to hit me. ► punch to hit someone hard with your closed hand, especially in a fight: Steve punched him in the nose. ► thump to hit someone or something hard with your closed hand: Harris thumped him on the back. ► beat to hit someone or something deliberately many times: He had been robbed and beaten. ► beat somebody up to hurt someone badly by hitting him or her many times: A bunch of drunks beat him up. ► slap to hit someone with the flat part of your hand, especially because you are angry with him or her: I felt like slapping his face. ► smack to hit someone or something, usually with your open hand: Rick smacked him in the face. ► spank to hit a child on their bottom with your open hand, as a punishment: His mother spanked him for lying. ► strike formal to hit someone or something very hard: He struck her on the side of the head and knocked her down. ► tap to gently hit your fingers or foot against something: I tapped him on the shoulder. ► knock to hit a door or window with your closed hand in order to attract the attention of the people inside: Someone was knocking on the door. ► rap to knock quickly several times: She rapped on his window angrily. ► pound to knock very hard, making a lot of noise: Thomas pounded on the door with his fist. ► bang to hit something hard several times, making a lot of noise: A policeman was banging on the door. ► hammer to hit something very hard several times, making a lot of noise: They hammered on my door until I opened up. ► bash to hit someone or something hard, in a way that causes damage: The police bashed the door down. 1[intransitive, transitive] to hit something several times to make a lot of noise, damage it, make it lie flat, etc.: He pounded the desk in frustration.pound against/on something Bill pounded on the front door.► see thesaurus at hit12[intransitive] if your heart pounds, it beats very hard and quickly: I stayed calm, but my heart was pounding.3[intransitive always + adv./prep.] to walk or run quickly with heavy loud steps: pound along/through/down etc. something He came pounding up the narrow trail.4[transitive] to attack a place continuously for a long time with bombs or shells: Army cannons continued to pound the city. → see also pound/hit the pavement at pavement (3)pound away phrasal verb1to continue to do something difficult without stopping: pound away at Top scientists are pounding away at the problem.2to continue to hit or attack something: pound away at Allied warplanes continue to pound away at their targets.pound something ↔ out phrasal verb1to play music loudly by hitting your piano, drum, etc. very hard: The band pounded out several Beatles’ tunes.2to type (=write with a machine) something quickly, especially by hitting the keys very hard |