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pind

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /pɪnd/
  • /paɪnd/
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1

verb

Meaning 1

To impound (as cattle), to shut up in a pound.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, dialectal, transitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To confine within narrow limits, constrain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Northern-England, transitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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History

Etymology

From Middle English pinden, penden, punden (also as poynen), from Old English *pyndan, ġepyndan (“to impound, shut up, inclose”), from Proto-West Germanic *pundijan (“to impound”). Doublet of poind. Related also to pond.