Pound

//paʊnd//

Synonyms for "pound" (679 found)

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Closest matches (136)

Verb(36 words)

poke beat thump bang boom-boom buffet have hit knock tap any of thesaurus:copulate + "with"approach ball baste batter bauf be with bed beep belabor

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blow boff boink bolt bone bonk bop bounce bump uglies butt calcitrate chug coit coitize copulate copulate with

beat crush hammer impound pulverize thump abrade ache afghani agonize ail ambush anguish anna assail assault atomize attack baht bang

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Noun(14 words)

lb pound sign pound sterling pounding punt quid libra ;animal shelter arratel british pound british pound sterling bulk car pound

Strong matches (204)

crack crack down on cram in crib crowd in crown crumb crumble cudgel cut cypriot pound dash decagram decigram descend on descend upon detain deutschmark dig din

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Verb(68 words)

cuff dab dash dick dick down diddle dig out dight do do it do what one does doink down dowse drill drink eat eff engender enjoy

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Noun(15 words)

cypriot pound dog pound egyptian pound gbp hammer hammering hash hash sign hashtag hole imperial system impound impound lot irish pound irish punt

Related words (339)

knock in kopeck krona krone lam lambaste land on larrup lay at lay hands on lay into lbf lebanese pound levigate lick light into limbo lira lumber lurch

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mag make heavy weather mark mash mass maul meg megaton mew mew up mill milligram milreis mite mole monkey mug new pence np ounce ounce avoirdupois ounce troy p palpitate palpitation paradiddle paste patter pelt pen pen up pence penfold penny pennyweight peseta pestle pie piece of eight pinfold pistareen pitapat pitch pitch and toss pitch into pitter patter pitter-patter place of confinement play drum plum plunge plunge in plunk poke poke in pommel pony pounce upon pound avoirdupois pound in pound out pound sign pound troy poundal pounding powder press in produce pulp pulsate pulsation pulse pummel punch purgatory purge push in quid rail rail in ram ram in rand rap rat-a-tat rat-tat rat-tat-tat rataplan rattattoo rear reduce to powder reel reichsmark restrain restrict rial rid rock roll rottol rub-a-dub ruble ruff ruffle run in rupee sail into scend scrunch scruple seal up set on set upon shackle shard shekel shilling shoot shred shrink shut in shut up sixpence slam sledgehammer sleep slog slosh slug smack smart smash sock sol sou sound a tattoo spank spatter splatter splutter sputter squash squeeze in staccato stamp stiver stone strike stroke stuff in sudanese pound suffer surprise swat sway swing swipe swoop down on swoop down upon syrian pound take the offensive tamp in tap tat-tat tattoo tenner thrash threepence threepenny bit thresh thrill thrippence throb throbbing thrum thrust in thud thumping thwack tingle tom tom tom-tom ton toss toss and tumble trample triturate tumble tuppence twinge twitch twopence unit units of weight wade into wall in wallop wallow wedge in weight welt welter whack whip whop wince won work over writhe yard yaw yen yerk

Verb(92 words)

knock off know know someone in the biblical sense lambaste lay lay into lay on lay pipe lie by lie with love love up lumber lunge make make it make love mate meddle mount

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Noun(14 words)

lb t lbf.lebanese pound nicker number sign octothorpe reach rottol scu sharp shu sov sudanese pound syrian pound

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14 relation types

More general

26 entries

British monetary unit Cypriot monetary unit Egyptian monetary unit Irish monetary unit Lebanese monetary unit Sudanese monetary unit Syrian monetary unit avoirdupois unit blow break up confine constrain enclosure force unit fragment fragmentise

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Synonyms

18 entries

beat british pound crush cypriot pound egyptian pound ezra loomis pound hammer impound imprison irish pound lebanese pound lumber pound sign pulverize ram sudanese pound

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Related terms

11 entries

Poundstone bang crown farthing florin guinea pence penny shilling sovereign sterling

at location

1 entries

dbpedia genre

1 entries

open source

derived

89 entries

800-pound gorilla 800-pound gorilla in the room Amsterdam pound Bristol pound Lob's pound Poundesque Poundian Poundland Poundlike Poundstone a pound to a penny an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure assay pound avoirdupois pound brown pound

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etymologically related_to

2 entries

poun pown

has context

5 entries

baseball engineering slang us vulgar

has property

1 entries

warm

is a

7 entries

animal prison avoirdupois unit currency enclosure force unit software unit of measure of weight

manner of

3 entries

break up partition restrain

part of

2 entries

quarter stone

related to

62 entries

abandon american american weight animal animal shelter apothecary pound avoirdupois bang beat blow british british currency british dollar british money canal crown

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similar

3 entries

beat impound pound up

Translations

349 translations across 102 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

pond noun (unit of currency)

Albanian

1 entries

paund noun (unit of currency)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

λίτρα noun (unit of mass (12 troy ounces))

Arabic

4 entries

بَاوْنْد noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
بَاوْنْد noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
جنية noun (unit of currency)
جُنَيْه noun (unit of currency)

Aragonese

1 entries

libra noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))

Armenian

2 entries

ֆունտ noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
ֆունտ noun (unit of currency)

Aromanian

1 entries

chisedz verb (crush to pieces)

Assamese

2 entries

পাউণ্ড noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
খুন্দ verb (crush to pieces)

Asturian

1 entries

llibra noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))

Azerbaijani

2 entries

funt noun (unit of currency)
girvənkə noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))

Basque

1 entries

libra noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))

Belarusian

3 entries

фунт noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
фунт noun (unit of currency)
таўчы́ verb (crush to pieces)

Bengali

2 entries

পাউন্ড noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
পাউন্ড noun (unit of currency)

Biatah Bidayuh

2 entries

paon noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
paon noun (unit of currency)

Bulgarian

4 entries

ли́ра noun (unit of currency)
наказателен паркинг noun (place for detention of automobiles)
приют noun (place for the detention of stray animals)
силен удар noun (hard blow)

Burmese

2 entries

ပေါင် noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
ပေါင် noun (unit of currency)

Catalan

2 entries

lliura noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
lliura noun (unit of currency)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎠᏍᏙᎠ verb (crush to pieces)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

磅 noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

磅 noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
鎊 /镑 noun (unit of currency)

Cornish

1 entries

peuns noun (unit of currency)

Czech

4 entries

libra noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
libra noun (unit of currency)
odtahové parkoviště noun (place for detention of automobiles)
útulek noun (place for the detention of stray animals)

Danish

4 entries

dyrehjem noun (place for the detention of stray animals)
internat noun (place for the detention of stray animals)
pund noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
pund noun (unit of currency)

Dutch

4 entries

dierenasiel noun (place for the detention of stray animals)
pond noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
pond noun (unit of currency)
beuken verb (to strike hard repeatedly)

Esperanto

3 entries

funto noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
pundo noun (unit of currency)
pisti verb (crush to pieces)

Estonian

2 entries

nael noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
nael noun (unit of currency)

Ewe

2 entries

to verb (to strike hard repeatedly)
to verb (crush to pieces)

Faroese

2 entries

pund noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
pund noun (unit of currency)

Finnish

4 entries

eläinkoti noun (place for the detention of stray animals)
isku noun (hard blow)
naula noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
pauna noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))

French

4 entries

bief noun (section of canal between two locks)
fourrière noun (place for the detention of stray animals)
fourrière noun (place for detention of automobiles)
livre noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))

Galician

4 entries

libra noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
libra noun (unit of currency)
mazar verb (to strike hard repeatedly)
pulverizar verb (crush to pieces)

Georgian

4 entries

გირვანქა noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
გირვანქა noun (unit of currency)
ფუნტი noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
ფუნტი noun (unit of currency)

German

4 entries

Pfund noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
Pfund noun (unit of currency)
Tierheim noun (place for the detention of stray animals)
Verwahrstelle noun (place for detention of automobiles)

Greek

4 entries

λίβρα noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
λίρα noun (unit of currency)
μάντρα noun (place for detention of automobiles)
μαντρί noun (place for the detention of stray animals)

Haryanvi

2 entries

खुड़का verb (to make a jarring noise)
खुड़का verb (to make a jarring noise)

Hausa

2 entries

fam noun (unit of currency)
laba noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))

Hebrew

2 entries

לִיטְרָה noun (unit of mass (12 troy ounces))
לִירָה noun (unit of currency)

Higaonon

1 entries

asud verb (crush to pieces)

Hindi

3 entries

काँजीहौस noun (place for the detention of stray animals)
पाउंड noun (unit of currency)
पौंड noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))

Hungarian

4 entries

font noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
font noun (unit of currency)
gyepmesteri telep noun (place for the detention of stray animals)
sintértelep noun (place for the detention of stray animals)

Icelandic

2 entries

banga verb (to strike hard repeatedly)
banga verb (crush to pieces)

Ido

2 entries

pfund noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
pound noun (unit of currency)

Indonesian

4 entries

paun noun (unit of currency)
pon noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
berdebar verb (to beat strongly or throb)
deg-degan verb (to beat strongly or throb)

Irish

4 entries

punt noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
punt noun (unit of currency)
póna noun (place for the detention of stray animals)
póna noun (place for detention of automobiles)

Italian

4 entries

autoparco noun (place for detention of automobiles)
bacino idrico noun (section of canal between two locks)
botta noun (hard blow)
canile noun (place for the detention of stray animals)

Japanese

2 entries

ポンド noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
ポンド noun (unit of currency)

Kazakh

2 entries

фунт noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
фунт noun (unit of currency)

Khmer

1 entries

ផោន noun (unit of currency)

Korean

4 entries

파운드 noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
파운드 noun (unit of currency)
(방아)찧다 verb (crush to pieces)
빻다 verb (crush to pieces)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

фунт noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
фунт noun (unit of currency)

Lao

2 entries

ປອນ noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
ປອນ noun (unit of currency)

Latin

4 entries

libra noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
lībra noun (unit of mass (12 troy ounces))
cūdō verb (to strike hard repeatedly)
pīnsō verb (to strike hard repeatedly)

Latvian

2 entries

mārciņa noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
mārciņa noun (unit of currency)

Lithuanian

3 entries

svaras noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
svaras noun (unit of currency)
daužyti verb (to strike hard repeatedly)

Louisiana Creole

1 entries

liv noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))

Luxembourgish

2 entries

Pond noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
Pond noun (unit of currency)

Lü

1 entries

ᦔᦸᧃ noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))

Macedonian

4 entries

кафиле́рија noun (place for the detention of stray animals)
либра noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
фунта noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
фунта noun (unit of currency)

Malay

4 entries

kandang noun (place for the detention of stray animals)
kurungan noun (place for the detention of stray animals)
paun noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
paun noun (unit of currency)

Maltese

2 entries

libra noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
lira noun (unit of currency)

Manx

2 entries

punt noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
punt noun (unit of currency)

Middle English

3 entries

brayen verb (crush to pieces)
pounen verb (to strike hard repeatedly)
pounen verb (crush to pieces)

Mongolian

1 entries

фунт noun (unit of currency)

Māori

2 entries

pātukituki verb (to strike hard repeatedly)
tuki verb (to strike hard repeatedly)

Norman

4 entries

live noun (unit of currency)
livre noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
livre noun (unit of currency)
louis noun (unit of currency)

Northern Thai

1 entries

ᨸᩬᨶ noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

pund noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
pund noun (unit of currency)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

pund noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
pund noun (unit of currency)

Occitan

1 entries

liura noun (unit of currency)

Old Norse

2 entries

banga verb (to strike hard repeatedly)
banga verb (crush to pieces)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

چالمق verb (to strike hard repeatedly)

Persian

2 entries

پوند noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
پوند noun (unit of currency)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Punt noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))

Polish

4 entries

funt noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
funt noun (unit of currency)
bachnąć verb (to strike hard repeatedly)
walić verb (to strike hard repeatedly)

Portuguese

4 entries

abrigo noun (place for the detention of stray animals)
batida noun (hard blow)
carrocinha noun (place for the detention of stray animals)
libra noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))

Punjabi

1 entries

پونڈ noun (unit of currency)

Quechua

1 entries

takay verb (to strike hard repeatedly)

Romanian

4 entries

liră noun (unit of currency)
livră noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
pfund noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
bate verb (to strike hard repeatedly)

Russian

4 entries

фунт noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
фунт noun (unit of currency)
штрафстоя́нка noun (place for detention of automobiles)
дроби́ть verb (crush to pieces)

Scots

3 entries

champ verb (crush to pieces)
pran verb (to strike hard repeatedly)
pran verb (crush to pieces)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

not noun (unit of currency)
punnd noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
punnd noun (place for the detention of stray animals)
buail verb (to strike hard repeatedly)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

fȗnta noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
fȗnta noun (unit of currency)
фу̑нта noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
фу̑нта noun (unit of currency)

Slovak

4 entries

libra noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
libra noun (unit of currency)
rana noun (hard blow)
úder noun (hard blow)

Slovene

2 entries

funt noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
funt noun (unit of currency)

Spanish

4 entries

corralón noun (place for detention of automobiles)
depósito noun (place for detention of automobiles)
depósito municipal noun (place for detention of automobiles)
libra noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))

Swahili

2 entries

pauni noun (unit of currency)
ratili noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))

Swedish

4 entries

pund noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
pund noun (unit of currency)
banka verb (to strike hard repeatedly)
bulta verb (to beat strongly or throb)

Tagalog

1 entries

libra noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))

Tajik

2 entries

фунт noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
фунт noun (unit of currency)

Tatar

2 entries

фунт noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
фунт noun (unit of currency)

Telugu

2 entries

దంచు verb (to strike hard repeatedly)
దంచు verb (crush to pieces)

Tetum

2 entries

fai verb (to strike hard repeatedly)
tuku verb (to strike hard repeatedly)

Thai

4 entries

ปอนด์ noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
ปอนด์ noun (unit of currency)
ตำ verb (crush to pieces)
ตี verb (to strike hard repeatedly)

Turkish

2 entries

libre noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
parçalara ayırmak verb (crush to pieces)

Turkmen

1 entries

funt noun (unit of currency)

Ukrainian

2 entries

фунт noun (unit of currency)
товкти́ verb (crush to pieces)

Uyghur

1 entries

پوند noun (unit of currency)

Uzbek

2 entries

funt noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
funt noun (unit of currency)

Vietnamese

4 entries

bảng noun (unit of currency)
cân Anh noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
cân Anh noun (unit of mass (12 troy ounces))
pao noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))

Welsh

2 entries

punt noun (unit of currency)
pwys noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))

Yiddish

1 entries

פֿונט noun (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))

ǃXóõ

1 entries

!qhāã verb (to strike hard repeatedly)

Sample sentences

44 total sentences available.

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An ounce of practice is worth a pound of precept.

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We bought a pound of tea.

Source: tatoeba (23251)

Britain's currency crisis has turned into a political one over government failure to stop the pound from going into free-fall.

Source: tatoeba (26153)

Penny wise, pound foolish.

Source: tatoeba (27222)

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