| pounce | (noun) the act of pouncing | - |
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| pound | (noun) the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows) | Synonyms: hammer, hammering, pounding |
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| (noun) a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs | Synonyms: dog pound |
| (noun) a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain) | Synonyms: pound sign |
| (noun) a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec | Synonyms: lbf. |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence | Synonyms: British pound, British pound sterling, pound sterling, quid |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents | Synonyms: Cypriot pound |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters | Synonyms: Egyptian pound |
| (noun) formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence | Synonyms: Irish pound, Irish punt, punt |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters | Synonyms: Lebanese pound |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters | Synonyms: Sudanese pound |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters | Synonyms: Syrian pound |
| (noun) 16 ounces avoirdupois | Synonyms: lb |
| (noun) a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy | - |
| poundage | (noun) placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law | Synonyms: impounding, impoundment, internment |
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| (noun) weight expressed in pounds | - |
| (noun) a fee charged for the recovery of impounded animals | - |
| (noun) a charge based on weight measured in pounds | - |
| poundal | (noun) a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound; equal to 0.1382 newtons | Synonyms: pdl |
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| pounder | (noun) a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone | Synonyms: muller, pestle |
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| (noun) (used only in combination) something weighing a given number of pounds | - |
| pounding | (noun) the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows) | Synonyms: hammer, hammering, pound |
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| (noun) repeated heavy blows | Synonyms: buffeting |
| (noun) an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart) | Synonyms: throb, throbbing |