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Open English Wordnet Nouns (n) pound , lb 16 ounces avoirdupois “he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds”
(n) pound a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy
(n) pound , lbf. a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec
(n) pound , pound sign a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)
(n) pound , dog pound a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs “unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound”
(n) hammer , pound , hammering , pounding the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows) “the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard” ,
“the pounding of feet on the hallway”
Verbs (v) thump , pound , poke hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument “the salesman pounded the door knocker” ,
“a bible-thumping Southern Baptist”
(v) ram , ram down , pound strike or drive against with a heavy impact “ram the gate with a sledgehammer” ,
“pound on the door”
(v) lumber , pound move heavily or clumsily “The heavy man lumbered across the room”
(v) pound , pound off partition off into compartments “The locks pound the water of the canal”
(v) pound , pound up shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits “The prisoners are safely pounded”
(v) impound , pound place or shut up in a pound “pound the cows so they don't stray”
(v) pound break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle “pound the roots with a heavy flat stone”
