name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
pound
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/paʊnd/
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpaʊ̯nd/
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: [ˈphaʊ̯nd]
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/ˈpæʊ̯nd/ Southern US, Midland US, Mid-Atlantic US, New York City, Australian, New Zealand
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[ˈphæʊ̯nd] Southern US, Midland US, Mid-Atlantic US, New York City, Australian, New Zealand
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/ˈpaːnd/ Pittsburgh, General South African, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization
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[ˈphaːnd] Pittsburgh, General South African, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization
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rhymes with -aʊnd
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name
Meaning 2
A town in Wise County, Virginia, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
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name
Meaning 3
A village and town in Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States, both named after Thaddeus C. Pound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
A unit of weight in various measurement systems.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
A unit of weight in various measurement systems.
Ellipsis of pound weight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A unit of weight in various measurement systems.
Various non-English units of measure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 7
A unit of mass in various measurement systems.
Ellipsis of pound mass.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
A unit of mass in various measurement systems.
Various non-English units of measure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
A unit of mass in various measurement systems.
A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lb
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
A unit of mass in various measurement systems.
A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (≈ 373.242 g). Today, this is a common unit of mass when measuring precious metals, and is little used elsewhere.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lb t
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 11
A unit of force in various measurement systems
Ellipsis of pound force.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 12
A unit of force in various measurement systems
Various non-English units of measure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 13
A unit of force in various measurement systems
Ellipsis of pound-force.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal, non-scientific
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 14
A unit of currency in various currency systems.
The unit of currency used in the United Kingdom and its dependencies. It is divided into 100 pence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pound sterling, mul:GBP, mul:£, quid, nicker, sov
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 15
A unit of currency in various currency systems.
Any of various units of currency used in Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan, and Syria, and formerly in the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus, Nigeria, Israel, and South Africa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: punt
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 16
A unit of currency in various currency systems.
Any of various units of currency formerly used in the United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- the Rhode Island pound; the New Hampshire pound
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 17
A unit of currency in various currency systems.
Various non-English units of currency not officially called pounds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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noun
Meaning 18
The symbol #.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Examples
- Holonym: hashtag
- To be connected, press pound.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: octothorpe, pound sign, hash, hash sign, hashtag, number sign, sharp
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 19
A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: animal shelter
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 20
The people who work for the pound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: metonymically
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 21
A place for the detention of automobiles that have been illegally parked, abandoned, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: impound, car pound, impound lot
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 22
A section of a canal between two adjacent locks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: reach
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 23
A kind of fishing net, having a large enclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 24
A division inside a fishing stage where cod is cured in salt brine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Newfoundland
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bulk
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 25
A hard blow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pounding
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 26
To wager a pound on.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, regional, slang, transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 27
To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 28
To strike hard, usually repeatedly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hammer, pelt, bang, baste, batter, beat, belabor, blow, boom-boom, buffet, butt, calcitrate, cuff, dab, dash, dowse, feeze, fetch one a blow, flap, give toco, kick, knock, hit, impact, jerk, lambaste, lay into, lay on, lunge, patter, pat, pink, poke, pummel, punch, pound, tap, thrash, thump, thwack, rap, slam, slap, smack, smite, spank, strike, swap, swinge, vapulate, whack, whip, yerk
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 29
To crush to pieces; to pulverize.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pulverate, triturate
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 30
To eat or drink very quickly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, transitive
Examples
- You really pounded that beer!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bolt, down, chug, eat, have, fret, drink, hydrate, imbibe, wet one's whistle, wet one's beak
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 31
To pitch consistently to a certain location.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, transitive
Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
Examples
- The pitcher has been pounding the outside corner all night.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 32
To beat strongly or throb.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Qualifier: generally heart; blood; or head; generally heart; blood; or head
Examples
- As I tiptoed past the sleeping dog, my heart was pounding but I remained silent.
- My head was pounding.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 33
To penetrate sexually, with vigour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, transitive, vulgar
Examples
- I was pounding her all night!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: drill, get up in, nail, poke, Formal terms, bed, coit, coitize, dight, enjoy, feague, go in unto, go to bed with, have, know, lie by, lie with, love, mount, occupy, penetrate, season, seduce, sleep with, take, Any of Thesaurus:copulate + "with", Informal and slang terms, ball, bang, bauf, beep, be with, bone, boff, boink, bonk, boom-boom, dick, diddle, dig out, do, doink, eff, expletive deleted, fill, frack, frak, frick, frig, fuck, get into someone's pants, get over on, give someone one, give someone the time, go with, have one's way with, have one's wicked way with, hit, hump, jape, jump, jump someone's bones, knob, knock, knock off, know someone in the biblical sense, lay, love up, make, plough, plug, pork, pound, prig, pump, ravage, ream, rock, roger, root, run through, rut, sard, schlong, screw, see to, service, shaft, shag, shelve, slay, slip it to, smash, smush, stallionize, swive, tap, tup, wap
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 34
To advance heavily with measured steps.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 35
To make a jarring noise, as when running.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
Examples
- The engine pounds.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 36
the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard
- the pounding of feet on the hallway
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hammer, hammering, pounding
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: blow
noun
Meaning 37
a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dog pound
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: enclosure
noun
Meaning 38
a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pound sign
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: symbol
noun
Meaning 39
United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Ezra Pound, Ezra Loomis Pound
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: poet, writer, author
noun
Meaning 40
a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lbf.
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: force unit
noun
Meaning 41
the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: British pound, British pound sterling, pound sterling, quid
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: British monetary unit
noun
Meaning 42
the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Cypriot pound
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Cypriot monetary unit
noun
Meaning 43
the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Egyptian pound
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Egyptian monetary unit
noun
Meaning 44
formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Irish pound, Irish punt, punt
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Irish monetary unit
noun
Meaning 45
the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Lebanese pound
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Lebanese monetary unit
noun
Meaning 46
the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Sudanese pound
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Sudanese monetary unit
noun
Meaning 47
the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Syrian pound
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Syrian monetary unit
noun
Meaning 48
16 ounces avoirdupois
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lb
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: avoirdupois unit
noun
Meaning 49
a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: force unit
verb
Meaning 50
break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- pound the roots with a heavy flat stone
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise
verb
Meaning 51
place or shut up in a pound
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- pound the cows so they don't stray
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: impound
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: restrain, confine, hold
verb
Meaning 52
shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The prisoners are safely pounded
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pound up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: restrain, confine, hold
verb
Meaning 53
hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the salesman pounded the door knocker
- a bible-thumping Southern Baptist
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: thump, poke
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hit
verb
Meaning 54
partition off into compartments
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The locks pound the water of the canal
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pound off
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: partition, partition off
verb
Meaning 55
strike or drive against with a heavy impact
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- ram the gate with a sledgehammer
- pound on the door
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ram, ram down
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: thrust
verb
Meaning 56
move rhythmically
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Her heart was beating fast
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: beat, thump
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: move
Narrower terms: pulsate, throb, pulse, palpitate, flutter, thrash, flap
verb
Meaning 57
move heavily or clumsily
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The heavy man lumbered across the room
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lumber
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: walk
History
Etymology
* As an English surname, from both senses of the noun pound meaning "measure of weight" and "enclosure." * As a German surname, variant of Pfund, or as a north/Low German surname, from the variants of it, Pund, Pundt, all meaning "pound," thus related to the above.
From Middle English pound, from Old English pund (“a pound, weight”), from Proto-West Germanic *pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą (“pound, weight”), an early borrowing from Latin pondō (“by weight”), ablative form of pondus (“weight”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (“to pull, stretch”). Cognate with Dutch pond, German Pfund, Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish pund. Doublet of funt, pfund, pood, and punt.
From Middle English pounde, ponde, pund, from Old English *pund (“an enclosure”). Related to Old English pyndan (“to enclose, shut up, dam, impound”). Compare also Old English pynd (“a cistern, lake”).
From an alteration of earlier poun, pown, from Middle English pounen, from Old English pūnian (“to pound, beat, bray, bruise, crush”), from Proto-West Germanic *pūn- (“broken pieces, rubble”). Related to Saterland Frisian Pün (“debris, fragments”), West Frisian pún (“debris, rubble”), Dutch puin (“debris, fragments, rubbish”), Low German pun (“fragments”).
Across languages
Translations
361 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: بَاوْنْد (bawnd) — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Arabic: رَطْل (raṭl) — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Arabic: رَطْل (raṭl) — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Arabic: بَاوْنْد (bawnd) — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Aragonese: libra — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Armenian: ֆունտ (funt) — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Assamese: পাউণ্ড (paundo) — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Asturian: llibra — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Azerbaijani: girvənkə — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Basque: libra — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Belarusian: фунт (funt) — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Bengali: পাউন্ড (paunḍ) — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Biatah Bidayuh: paon — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Bulgarian: фунт (funt) — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Burmese: ပေါင် (paung) — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Catalan: lliura — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Chinese Cantonese: 磅 (bong6) — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Chinese Mandarin: 磅 (bàng) — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Czech: libra — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Danish: pund — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Dutch: pond — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Esperanto: funto — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Estonian: nael — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Faroese: pund — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Finnish: naula — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Finnish: pauna — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- French: livre — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Galician: libra — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Georgian: გირვანქა (girvanka) — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Georgian: ფუნტი (punṭi) — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- German: Pfund — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Greek: λίβρα (lívra) — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Hausa: laba — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Hindi: पौंड (pauṇḍ) — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Hungarian: font — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Ido: pfund — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Indonesian: pon — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Irish: punt — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Italian: libbra — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Japanese: ポンド (pondo) — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Kazakh: фунт (funt) — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Korean: 파운드 (paundeu) — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Kyrgyz: фунт (funt) — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Lao: ປອນ (pǭn) — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Latin: libra — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Latvian: mārciņa — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Lithuanian: svaras — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Louisiana Creole: liv — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Lü: ᦔᦸᧃ (ṗoan) — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Luxembourgish: Pond — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Macedonian: либра (libra) — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Macedonian: фунта (funta) — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Malay: paun — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Maltese: libra — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Manx: punt — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Mauritian Creole: liv — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Norman: livre — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Norwegian Bokmål: pund — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Norwegian Nynorsk: pund — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Persian: پوند (pund) — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Plautdietsch: Punt — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Polish: funt — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Portuguese: libra — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Romanian: livră — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Romanian: pfund — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Russian: фунт (funt) — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Scottish Gaelic: punnd — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Serbo-Croatian: фу̑нта — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Serbo-Croatian: fȗnta — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Slovak: libra — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Slovene: funt — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Spanish: libra — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Swahili: ratili — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Swedish: pund — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Tagalog: libra — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Tajik: фунт (funt) — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Tatar: фунт (funt) — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Thai: ปอนด์ (bpɔɔn) — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Northern Thai: ᨸᩬᨶ — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Turkish: libre — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Uzbek: funt — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Vietnamese: cân Anh — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Vietnamese: pound — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Vietnamese: pao — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Welsh: pwys — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Yiddish: פֿונט (funt) — unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)
- Finnish: troy-naula — unit of mass (12 troy ounces)
- Ancient Greek: λίτρα (lítra) — unit of mass (12 troy ounces)
- Hebrew: לִיטְרָה (litrá) — unit of mass (12 troy ounces)
- Latin: lībra — unit of mass (12 troy ounces)
- Vietnamese: cân Anh — unit of mass (12 troy ounces)
- Vietnamese: pound — unit of mass (12 troy ounces)
- Vietnamese: pao — unit of mass (12 troy ounces)
- Afrikaans: pond — unit of currency
- Albanian: paund — unit of currency
- Arabic: جُنَيْه (junayh) — unit of currency
- Arabic: لِيرَة f or لَيْرَة (līra) — unit of currency
- Arabic: جنية (genēh) — unit of currency
- Armenian: ֆունտ (funt) — unit of currency
- Asturian: llibra — unit of currency
- Azerbaijani: funt — unit of currency
- Belarusian: фунт (funt) — unit of currency
- Bengali: পাউন্ড (paunḍ) — unit of currency
- Biatah Bidayuh: paon — unit of currency
- Bulgarian: ли́ра (líra) — unit of currency
- Burmese: ပေါင် (paung) — unit of currency
- Catalan: lliura — unit of currency
- Chinese Mandarin: 鎊 /镑 (bàng) — unit of currency
- Cornish: peuns — unit of currency
- Czech: libra — unit of currency
- Danish: pund — unit of currency
- Dutch: pond — unit of currency
- Esperanto: pundo — unit of currency
- Estonian: nael — unit of currency
- Faroese: pund — unit of currency
- Finnish: punta — unit of currency
- French: livre — unit of currency
- Galician: libra — unit of currency
- Georgian: გირვანქა (girvanka) — unit of currency
- Georgian: ფუნტი (punṭi) — unit of currency
- German: Pfund — unit of currency
- Greek: λίρα (líra) — unit of currency
- Hausa: fam — unit of currency
- Hebrew: לִירָה (líra) — unit of currency
- Hindi: पाउंड (pāuṇḍ) — unit of currency
- Hungarian: font — unit of currency
- Ido: pound — unit of currency
- Indonesian: paun — unit of currency
- Irish: punt — unit of currency
- Italian: lira — unit of currency
- Italian: lira sterlina — unit of currency
- Italian: sterlina — unit of currency
- Japanese: ポンド (pondo) — unit of currency
- Kazakh: фунт (funt) — unit of currency
- Khmer: ផោន (phaon) — unit of currency
- Korean: 파운드 (paundeu) — unit of currency
- Kyrgyz: фунт (funt) — unit of currency
- Lao: ປອນ (pǭn) — unit of currency
- Latvian: mārciņa — unit of currency
- Lithuanian: svaras — unit of currency
- Luxembourgish: Pond — unit of currency
- Macedonian: фунта (funta) — unit of currency
- Malay: paun — unit of currency
- Maltese: lira — unit of currency
- Manx: punt — unit of currency
- Mauritian Creole: liv — unit of currency
- Mongolian: фунт (funt) — unit of currency
- Norman: live — unit of currency
- Norman: livre — unit of currency
- Norman: louis — unit of currency
- Norwegian Bokmål: pund — unit of currency
- Norwegian Nynorsk: pund — unit of currency
- Occitan: liura — unit of currency
- Persian: پوند (pund) — unit of currency
- Polish: funt — unit of currency
- Portuguese: libra — unit of currency
- Portuguese: libra esterlina — unit of currency
- Punjabi: پونڈ (ponḍ) — unit of currency
- Romanian: liră — unit of currency
- Russian: фунт (funt) — unit of currency
- Scottish Gaelic: not — unit of currency
- Serbo-Croatian: фу̑нта — unit of currency
- Serbo-Croatian: fȗnta — unit of currency
- Slovak: libra — unit of currency
- Slovene: funt — unit of currency
- Spanish: libra — unit of currency
- Swahili: pauni — unit of currency
- Swedish: pund — unit of currency
- Tajik: фунт (funt) — unit of currency
- Tatar: фунт (funt) — unit of currency
- Thai: ปอนด์ (bpɔɔn) — unit of currency
- Turkmen: funt — unit of currency
- Ukrainian: фунт (funt) — unit of currency
- Uyghur: پوند (pond) — unit of currency
- Uzbek: funt — unit of currency
- Vietnamese: bảng — unit of currency
- Welsh: punt — unit of currency
- Bulgarian: приют (prijut) — place for the detention of stray animals
- Czech: útulek — place for the detention of stray animals
- Danish: internat — place for the detention of stray animals
- Danish: dyrehjem — place for the detention of stray animals
- Dutch: dierenasiel — place for the detention of stray animals
- Finnish: löytöeläinkoti — place for the detention of stray animals
- French: fourrière — place for the detention of stray animals
- German: Zwinger — place for the detention of stray animals
- German: Tierheim — place for the detention of stray animals
- Greek: μαντρί (mantrí) — place for the detention of stray animals
- Hindi: काँजीहौस (kāñjīhaus) — place for the detention of stray animals
- Hungarian: sintértelep — place for the detention of stray animals
- Hungarian: gyepmesteri telep — place for the detention of stray animals
- Irish: póna — place for the detention of stray animals
- Italian: canile — place for the detention of stray animals
- Italian: recinto — place for the detention of stray animals
- Italian: gattile — place for the detention of stray animals
- Macedonian: кафиле́рија (kafilérija) — place for the detention of stray animals
- Malay: kurungan — place for the detention of stray animals
- Malay: kandang — place for the detention of stray animals
- Portuguese: abrigo — place for the detention of stray animals
- Portuguese: carrocinha — place for the detention of stray animals
- Scottish Gaelic: punnd — place for the detention of stray animals
- Slovak: útulok — place for the detention of stray animals
- Spanish: perrera — place for the detention of stray animals
- Bulgarian: наказателен паркинг — place for detention of automobiles
- Czech: odtahové parkoviště — place for detention of automobiles
- Finnish: varasto — place for detention of automobiles
- French: fourrière — place for detention of automobiles
- German: Verwahrstelle — place for detention of automobiles
- Greek: μάντρα (mántra) — place for detention of automobiles
- Irish: póna — place for detention of automobiles
- Italian: autoparco — place for detention of automobiles
- Italian: deposito auto — place for detention of automobiles
- Portuguese: pátio — place for detention of automobiles
- Russian: штрафстоя́нка (štrafstojánka) — place for detention of automobiles
- Spanish: depósito — place for detention of automobiles
- Spanish: depósito municipal — place for detention of automobiles
- Spanish: corralón — place for detention of automobiles
- Finnish: sulkuallas — section of canal between two locks
- French: bief — section of canal between two locks
- Italian: bacino idrico — section of canal between two locks
- Bulgarian: силен удар (silen udar) — hard blow
- Finnish: isku — hard blow
- Italian: botta — hard blow
- Italian: colpo forte — hard blow
- Italian: tonfo — hard blow
- Italian: martellio — hard blow
- Portuguese: batida — hard blow
- Slovak: úder — hard blow
- Slovak: rana — hard blow
- Bulgarian: удрям (udrjam) — to strike hard repeatedly
- Bulgarian: блъскам (blǎskam) — to strike hard repeatedly
- Czech: bušit — to strike hard repeatedly
- Dutch: beuken — to strike hard repeatedly
- Ewe: to — to strike hard repeatedly
- Finnish: takoa — to strike hard repeatedly
- Finnish: rusikoida — to strike hard repeatedly
- French: pilonner — to strike hard repeatedly
- French: marteler — to strike hard repeatedly
- Galician: mazar — to strike hard repeatedly
- German: hämmern — to strike hard repeatedly
- Greek: σφυροκοπώ (sfyrokopó) — to strike hard repeatedly
- Hungarian: döngöl — to strike hard repeatedly
- Icelandic: banga — to strike hard repeatedly
- Irish: tuargain — to strike hard repeatedly
- Italian: battere — to strike hard repeatedly
- Italian: martellare — to strike hard repeatedly
- Italian: colpire — to strike hard repeatedly
- Italian: pestare — to strike hard repeatedly
- Italian: flagellare — to strike hard repeatedly
- Latin: pīnsō — to strike hard repeatedly
- Latin: cūdō — to strike hard repeatedly
- Latin: tundō — to strike hard repeatedly
- Lithuanian: daužyti — to strike hard repeatedly
- Lithuanian: kalenti — to strike hard repeatedly
- Māori: pātukituki — to strike hard repeatedly
- Māori: tuki — to strike hard repeatedly
- Middle English: pounen — to strike hard repeatedly
- Old Norse: banga — to strike hard repeatedly
- Polish: walić — to strike hard repeatedly
- Polish: walnąć — to strike hard repeatedly
- Polish: bachnąć — to strike hard repeatedly
- Portuguese: bater — to strike hard repeatedly
- Quechua: takay — to strike hard repeatedly
- Romanian: pisa — to strike hard repeatedly
- Romanian: bate — to strike hard repeatedly
- Russian: колоти́ть (kolotítʹ) — to strike hard repeatedly
- Scots: pran — to strike hard repeatedly
- Scottish Gaelic: buail — to strike hard repeatedly
- Slovak: biť — to strike hard repeatedly
- Slovak: tĺcť — to strike hard repeatedly
- Spanish: pilar — to strike hard repeatedly
- Swedish: banka — to strike hard repeatedly
- Telugu: దంచు (dañcu) — to strike hard repeatedly
- Tetum: fai — to strike hard repeatedly
- Tetum: tuku — to strike hard repeatedly
- Thai: ทุบ (túp) — to strike hard repeatedly
- Thai: ตี (dtii) — to strike hard repeatedly
- Ottoman Turkish: چالمق (çalmak) — to strike hard repeatedly
- ǃXóõ: !qhāã — to strike hard repeatedly
- Aromanian: chisedz — crush to pieces
- Assamese: খুন্দ (khundo) — crush to pieces
- Belarusian: таўчы́ (tawčý) — crush to pieces
- Bulgarian: стривам (strivam) — crush to pieces
- Bulgarian: счуквам (sčukvam) — crush to pieces
- Cherokee: ᎠᏍᏙᎠ (asdoa) — crush to pieces
- Esperanto: pisti — crush to pieces
- Ewe: to — crush to pieces
- Finnish: murskata — crush to pieces
- Galician: triturar — crush to pieces
- Galician: pulverizar — crush to pieces
- German: zerstampfen — crush to pieces
- German: zertrümmern — crush to pieces
- Greek: διαλύω (dialýo) — crush to pieces
- Higaonon: asud — crush to pieces
- Hungarian: aprít — crush to pieces
- Hungarian: zúz — crush to pieces
- Icelandic: banga — crush to pieces
- Italian: frantumare — crush to pieces
- Italian: tritare — crush to pieces
- Italian: triturare — crush to pieces
- Italian: polverizzare — crush to pieces
- Korean: (방아)찧다 — crush to pieces
- Korean: 빻다 (ppata) — crush to pieces
- Middle English: pounen — crush to pieces
- Middle English: brayen — crush to pieces
- Old Norse: banga — crush to pieces
- Portuguese: triturar — crush to pieces
- Portuguese: pulverizar — crush to pieces
- Romanian: pisa — crush to pieces
- Russian: толо́чь (tolóčʹ) — crush to pieces
- Russian: раздробля́ть (razdrobljátʹ) — crush to pieces
- Russian: дроби́ть (drobítʹ) — crush to pieces
- Russian: моло́ть (molótʹ) — crush to pieces
- Russian: кроши́ть (krošítʹ) — crush to pieces
- Scots: champ — crush to pieces
- Scots: pran — crush to pieces
- Slovak: drviť — crush to pieces
- Slovak: rozdrviť — crush to pieces
- Spanish: pulverizar — crush to pieces
- Telugu: దంచు (dañcu) — crush to pieces
- Thai: ตํา (dtam) — crush to pieces
- Thai: บด (bòt) — crush to pieces
- Turkish: parçalara ayırmak — crush to pieces
- Ukrainian: товкти́ (tovktý) — crush to pieces
- Bulgarian: тъпча се (tǎpča se) — slang: eat or drink quickly
- Finnish: hotkaista — slang: eat or drink quickly
- Finnish: ahmaista — slang: eat or drink quickly
- Finnish: imaista — slang: eat or drink quickly
- German: verschlingen — slang: eat or drink quickly
- Italian: ingurgitare — slang: eat or drink quickly
- Italian: trangugiare — slang: eat or drink quickly
- Italian: affogarsi — slang: eat or drink quickly
- Portuguese: devorar — slang: eat or drink quickly
- Russian: ло́пать (lópatʹ) — slang: eat or drink quickly
- Finnish: pommittaa — baseball: to pitch consistently to a certain location
- Finnish: hakata — to beat strongly or throb
- Finnish: jyskyttää — to beat strongly or throb
- German: klopfen — to beat strongly or throb
- German: hämmern — to beat strongly or throb
- German: pochen — to beat strongly or throb
- Hungarian: dobogtat — to beat strongly or throb
- Indonesian: berdebar — to beat strongly or throb
- Indonesian: deg-degan — to beat strongly or throb
- Italian: battere — to beat strongly or throb
- Italian: picchiare — to beat strongly or throb
- Polish: walić — to beat strongly or throb
- Slovak: biť — to beat strongly or throb
- Slovak: búšiť — to beat strongly or throb
- Slovak: pulzovať — to beat strongly or throb
- Swedish: slå — to beat strongly or throb
- Swedish: bulta — to beat strongly or throb
- Bulgarian: чукам (čukam) — slang: to penetrate sexually, with vigour
- Finnish: ryskyttää — slang: to penetrate sexually, with vigour
- French: pilonner — slang: to penetrate sexually, with vigour
- Polish: walić — slang: to penetrate sexually, with vigour
- Portuguese: socar — slang: to penetrate sexually, with vigour
- Spanish: cachar — slang: to penetrate sexually, with vigour
- Finnish: marssia — to advance heavily with measured steps
- German: marschieren — to advance heavily with measured steps
- German: stampfen — to advance heavily with measured steps
- Finnish: jyskyttää — to make a jarring noise
- Haryanvi: खुड़का (khuṛkā) — to make a jarring noise
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