Pound
To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.
To comminute and pulverize by beating; to bruise or break into fine particles with a pestle or other heavy instrument; as, to pound spice or salt.
To strike heavy blows; to beat.
To make a jarring noise, as in running; as, the engine pounds.
An inclosure, maintained by public authority, in which cattle or other animals are confined when taken in trespassing, or when going at large in violation of law; a pinfold.
A level stretch in a canal between locks.
A kind of net, having a large inclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.
To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
of Pound
A certain specified weight; especially, a legal standard consisting of an established number of ounces.
A British denomination of money of account, equivalent to twenty shillings sterling, and equal in value to about $4.86. There is no coin known by this name, but the gold sovereign is of the same value.
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Pound Quotations
It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.
Muhammad Ali
Pound's crazy. All poets are. They have to be. You don't put a poet like Pound in the loony bin.
Ernest Hemingway
The first kiss I had was the most disgusting thing in my life. The girl injected about a pound of saliva into my mouth, and when I walked away I had to spit it all out.
Leonardo DiCaprio
An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
Rudyard Kipling
An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.
Thomas Fuller
Last night I dreamt I ate a ten pound marshmallow. When I woke up the pillow was gone.
Tommy Cooper
Last night the United States dropped four 2,000 pound bombs on Saddam Hussein. I don't know anything about explosives, but, my God, do those things even need to explode?
David Letterman
We believe the 36, nearly 40, billion pound discount given for a right to buy houses took a million houses out of the public housing sector which is desperately needed for rent.
John Prescott
When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.
James A. Garfield
Pound Translations
pound in Dutch is pond
pound in Finnish is survoa
pound in French is piler, broyer
pound in German is Pfund
pound in Italian is libbra
pound in Portuguese is libra
pound in Spanish is almohadilla
pound in Swedish is bulta
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