pound

1
[ pound ]
/ paʊnd /

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

noun

Origin of pound

1
before 1000; Middle English pounen, Old English pūnian; akin to Dutch puin rubbish

synonym study for pound

1. See beat.

OTHER WORDS FROM pound

pound·er, noun

British Dictionary definitions for pound out (1 of 4)

Pound
/ (paʊnd) /

noun

Ezra (Loomis). 1885–1972, US poet, translator, and critic, living in Europe. Indicted for treason by the US government (1945) for pro-Fascist broadcasts during World War II, he was committed to a mental hospital until 1958. He was a founder of imagism and championed the early work of such writers as T. S. Eliot, Joyce, and Hemingway. His life work, the Cantos (1925–70), is an unfinished sequence of poems, which incorporates mythological and historical materials in several languages as well as political, economic, and autobiographical elements

British Dictionary definitions for pound out (2 of 4)

pound 1
/ (paʊnd) /

verb

noun

a heavy blow; thump
the act of pounding

Derived forms of pound

pounder, noun

Word Origin for pound

Old English pūnian; related to Dutch puin rubble

British Dictionary definitions for pound out (3 of 4)

pound 2
/ (paʊnd) /

noun

an enclosure, esp one maintained by a public authority, for keeping officially removed vehicles or distrained goods or animals, esp stray dogs
a place where people are confined
  1. a trap for animals
  2. a trap or keepnet for fishSee pound net

verb

(tr) to confine in or as if in a pound; impound, imprison, or restrain

Word Origin for pound

C14: from Late Old English pund- as in pundfeald pinfold

British Dictionary definitions for pound out (4 of 4)

pound 3
/ (paʊnd) /

noun

Word Origin for pound

Old English pund, from Latin pondō pound; related to German Pfund pound, Latin pondus weight

Medical definitions for pound out

pound
[ pound ]

n.

A unit of weight that is the basis of the avoirdupois system, equal to 16 ounces or 453.592 grams.
A unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces or 373.242 grams.

Scientific definitions for pound out

pound
[ pound ]

A unit of weight in the US Customary System equal to 16 ounces (0.45 kilograms). See Table at measurement. See Note at weight.

Idioms and Phrases with pound out (1 of 2)

pound out

Produce, especially on a keyboard, as in I can pound out another résumé, or She was pounding out song after song on the piano. [c. 1900]

Idioms and Phrases with pound out (2 of 2)

pound