Definition of pounds

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  • pounds is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
  • pounds is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
  • pounds is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 12

Definition of pounds

  • move heavily or clumsily (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. lumber
  • partition off into compartments (verb)

    Examples

    1. The locks pound the water of the canal

    Synonyms

    1. pound off
  • hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument (verb)

    Examples

    1. the salesman pounded the door knocker

    Synonyms

    1. poke
    2. thump
  • the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. cypriot pound
  • move rhythmically (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. beat
    2. thump
  • a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain) (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. pound sign
  • the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows) (noun)

    Examples

    1. the pounding of feet on the hallway

    Synonyms

    1. hammer
    2. hammering
    3. pounding
  • a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs (noun)

    Examples

    1. unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound

    Synonyms

    1. dog pound
  • the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. syrian pound
  • a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. lbf.
  • the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. british pound
    2. british pound sterling
    3. pound sterling
    4. quid
  • formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. irish pound
    2. irish punt
    3. punt
  • 16 ounces avoirdupois (noun)

    Examples

    1. he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds

    Synonyms

    1. lb
  • the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. lebanese pound
  • the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. sudanese pound
  • shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits (verb)

    Examples

    1. The prisoners are safely pounded

    Synonyms

    1. pound up
  • place or shut up in a pound (verb)

    Examples

    1. pound the cows so they don't stray

    Synonyms

    1. impound
  • the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. egyptian pound
  • strike or drive against with a heavy impact (verb)

    Examples

    1. pound on the door

    Synonyms

    1. ram
    2. ram down
  • United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972) (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. ezra loomis pound
    2. ezra pound
  • a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy (noun)
  • break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle (verb)

    Examples

    1. pound the roots with a heavy flat stone

See definition of pounds in Merriam Webster