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pounds pound

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IPA: /paʊnd/

Pounds is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 100 anagrams from letters in pounds (dnopsu).

Definitions for pounds

noun

1. the act of pounding.
2. a heavy or forcible blow.
3. a thump.
4. a unit of weight and of mass, varying in different periods and countries.
5. (in English-speaking countries) an avoirdupois unit of weight equal to 7000 grains, divided into 16 ounces (0.453 kg), used for ordinary commerce. Abbreviation: lb., lb. av. a troy unit of weight, in the U.S. and formerly in Britain, equal to 5760 grains, divided into 12 ounces (0.373 kg), used for gold, silver, and other precious metals. Abbreviation: lb. t. (in the U.S.) an apothecaries' unit of weight equal to 5760 grains, divided into 12 ounces (0.373 kg). Abbreviation: lb. ap.
6. Also called pound sterling. a paper money, nickel-brass coin, and monetary unit of the United Kingdom formerly equal to 20 shillings or 240 pence: equal to 100 new pence after decimalization in Feb. 1971. Symbol: £. Abbreviation: L;
7. any of the monetary units of various countries, as Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan, Syria, and of certain Commonwealth of Nations countries.
8. a monetary unit of Ireland until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 pence.
9. a monetary unit of Cyprus until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 cents.
10. Also called pound Scots. a former Scottish money of account, originally equal to the pound sterling but equal to only a twelfth of the pound sterling at the union of the crowns of England and Scotland in 1603.
11. (formerly) the Turkish lira.
12. a former monetary unit of Israel, Libya, and Nigeria.
13. pounds, Citizens Band Radio Slang. a meter reading in units of five decibels: used as a measure of loudness for incoming signals.
14. an enclosure maintained by public authorities for confining stray or homeless animals.
15. an enclosure for sheltering, keeping, confining, or trapping animals.
16. an enclosure or trap for fish.
17. a place of confinement or imprisonment.
18. a place or area where cars or other vehicles are impounded, as those towed away for being illegally parked.
19. reach (def 26).
20. Ezra Loomis [loo-mis] /ˈlu mɪs/ (Show IPA), 1885–1972, U.S. poet.
21. Louise, 1872–1958, U.S. scholar and linguist.
22. her brother, Roscoe, 1870–1964, U.S. legal scholar and writer.

verb (used with object)

1. to strike repeatedly with great force, as with an instrument, the fist, heavy missiles, etc.
2. to produce or effect by striking or thumping, or in a manner resembling this (often followed by out):
3. to force (a way) by battering; batter (often followed by down):
4. to crush into a powder or paste by beating repeatedly.
5. Archaic. to shut up in or as in a pound; impound; imprison.

verb (used without object)

1. to strike heavy blows repeatedly:
2. to beat or throb violently, as the heart.
3. to give forth a thumping sound:
4. to walk or go with heavy steps; move along with force or vigor.

Origin of pounds

before 1000; Middle English pounen, Old English pūnian; akin to Dutch puin rubbish

Examples for pounds

But in Spain, the dollar goes as far as the pound in England.

pound, pound, pound, the hard road rang with the thunder of hoofs.

I'll give you two cents a pound for as many as you want to sell.

It is sold by the pound, cut to order, and presented not on a plate but on a sheet of butcher paper.

Today, ivory prices are at record highs, having tripled since that 2008 auction, up to around $1,500 a pound.

I threw off all reserve--about half a pound, I should judge.

The news reports of the speech quoted that line, so it became the pound cake speech.

Or that, lacking alarm clocks, people hired watchmen to come to their house in the morning and pound on the door to wake them up?

The price of ivory continued to rise, and a pound of ivory now costs up to $1,500.

pound the veal also in a mortar, adding butter to it by degrees.