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pound

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1. pound - Noun

2. pound - Verb

4. Pound - Proper noun

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of 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.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up. Muhammad Ali

A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck. James A. Garfield

A page of history is worth a pound of logic. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

One pound of learning requires ten pounds of common sense to apply it. Persian Proverb

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. English Proverb

In for a penny, in for a pound. English Proverb

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