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pound

a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs; "unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound"

United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972)

a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec

16 ounces; "he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds"

break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle; "pound the roots with a heavy flat stone"

shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits; "The prisoners are safely pounded"

partition off into compartments; "The locks pound the water of the canal"

Synonyms:

• Deutschmark,
• Mark,
• Reichsmark,
• abrade,
• ache,
• afghani,
• agonize,
• ail,
• ambush,
• anguish,
• anna,
• assail,
• assault,
• atomize,
• attack,
• baht,
• bang,
• barrage,
• bash,
• baste,
• bat,
• batter,
• bawbee,
• beat,
• beat a ruffle,
• beat a tattoo,
• beat into,
• beat the drum,
• beat time,
• beating,
• belabor,
• belt,
• biff,
• blanch,
• blench,
• blitz,
• blow,
• bludgeon,
• bonk,
• bottle up,
• box up,
• bray,
• brecciate,
• bruise,
• buffet,
• bung,
• bung up,
• bushwhack,
• cage,
• carat,
• cattery,
• cent,
• centavo,
• centigram,
• centime,
• check,
• chop,
• cleanse,
• clear,
• clip,
• clobber,
• cloister,
• clout,
• clump,
• come at,
• come down on,
• comminute,
• compound,
• confine,
• constrain,
• conto,
• contriturate,
• contuse,
• coop,
• coop in,
• coop up,
• cork up,
• count,
• count the beats,
• crack,
• crack down on,
• cram in,
• crib,
• crowd in,
• crown,
• crumb,
• crumble,
• crush,
• cudgel,
• cut,
• dash,
• decagram,
• decigram,
• descend on,
• descend upon,
• detain,
• dig,
• din,
• ding,
• dint,
• disintegrate,
• dog pound,
• doghouse,
• dollar,
• dong,
• dram,
• dram avoirdupois,
• drive,
• drive in,
• drub,
• drubbing,
• drum,
• drum music,
• drumbeat,
• drumfire,
• drumming,
• dyne,
• empty,
• encage,
• enclose,
• enclosure,
• expel,
• fall on,
• fall upon,
• farthing,
• feel pain,
• feel the pangs,
• fence in,
• fiver,
• flail,
• flap,
• florin,
• flounder,
• flour,
• flutter,
• force,
• force in,
• fourpence,
• fourpenny,
• fragment,
• franc,
• fusillade,
• gang up on,
• go at,
• go for,
• go pitapat,
• grain,
• gram,
• granulate,
• granulize,
• grate,
• grave,
• grimace,
• grind,
• grind to powder,
• groat,
• guilder,
• guinea,
• gulden,
• half crown,
• half dollar,
• halfpenny,
• hammer,
• harry,
• have a misery,
• have at,
• heave,
• hell,
• hem in,
• hit,
• hit like lightning,
• hobbyhorse,
• hold,
• hold in custody,
• hold in restraint,
• hundredweight,
• hurt,
• immure,
• impact,
• impound,
• inhibit,
• jab,
• jam in,
• jump,
• keep in,
• keep in custody,
• keep in detention,
• keep time,
• kennel,
• kilo,
• kilogram,
• kip,
• knock,
• knock in,
• kopeck,
• krona,
• krone,
• lambaste,
• land on,
• larrup,
• lay at,
• lay hands on,
• lay into,
• levigate,
• lick,
• light into,
• limbo,
• lira,
• lurch,
• mag,
• make heavy weather,
• mash,
• mass,
• maul,
• meg,
• megaton,
• mew,
• mew up,
• mill,
• milligram,
• milreis,
• mite,
• mole,
• monkey,
• mug,
• new pence,
• np,
• ounce,
• ounce avoirdupois,
• ounce troy,
• p,
• palpitate,
• palpitation,
• paradiddle,
• paste,
• patter,
• pelt,
• pen,
• pen up,
• pence,
• penfold,
• penny,
• pennyweight,
• peseta,
• pestle,
• pie,
• piece of eight,
• pinfold,
• pistareen,
• pitapat,
• pitch,
• pitch and toss,
• pitch into,
• pitter-patter,
• place of confinement,
• play drum,
• plunge,
• plunge in,
• plunk,
• poke,
• poke in,
• pommel,
• pony,
• pounce upon,
• pound avoirdupois,
• pound in,
• pound out,
• pound troy,
• poundal,
• pounding,
• powder,
• press in,
• produce,
• pulp,
• pulsate,
• pulsation,
• pulse,
• pulverize,
• pummel,
• punch,
• purgatory,
• purge,
• push in,
• quid,
• rail in,
• ram in,
• rand,
• rap,
• rat-a-tat,
• rat-tat,
• rat-tat-tat,
• rataplan,
• rattattoo,
• rear,
• reduce to powder,
• reel,
• restrain,
• restrict,
• rial,
• rid,
• rock,
• roll,
• rub-a-dub,
• ruble,
• ruff,
• ruffle,
• run in,
• rupee,
• sail into,
• scend,
• scrunch,
• scruple,
• seal up,
• set on,
• set upon,
• shackle,
• shard,
• shekel,
• shilling,
• shoot,
• shred,
• shrink,
• shut in,
• shut up,
• sixpence,
• slam,
• sledgehammer,
• slog,
• slug,
• smack,
• smart,
• smash,
• sock,
• sol,
• sou,
• sound a tattoo,
• spank,
• spatter,
• splatter,
• splutter,
• sputter,
• squash,
• squeeze in,
• staccato,
• stamp,
• stiver,
• stone,
• strike,
• stroke,
• stuff in,
• suffer,
• surprise,
• swat,
• sway,
• swing,
• swipe,
• swoop down on,
• take the offensive,
• tamp in,
• tap,
• tat-tat,
• tattoo,
• tenner,
• thrash,
• threepence,
• threepenny bit,
• thresh,
• thrill,
• thrippence,
• throb,
• throbbing,
• thrum,
• thrust in,
• thump,
• thumping,
• thwack,
• tingle,
• tom-tom,
• ton,
• toss,
• toss and tumble,
• triturate,
• tumble,
• tuppence,
• twinge,
• twitch,
• twopence,
• units of weight,
• wade into,
• wall in,
• wallop,
• wallow,
• wedge in,
• weight,
• welter,
• whack,
• whip,
• whop,
• wince,
• won,
• work over,
• writhe,
• yard,
• yaw,
• yen,
• yerk