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pound

1. [söz] bükgüldemek [Umumy]

2. [söz] bükdürmek [Umumy]

3. [at] agyl [Umumy]

4. [at] funt [Umumy]

5. [işlik] döwmek [Umumy]

Webster's English Dictionary

pound

v. t. [OE. pounen, AS. punian to bruise. Cf. Pun a play on words.]1. To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat. ()

With cruel blows she pounds her blubbered cheeks. (Dryden.)

2. To comminute and pulverize by beating; to bruise or break into fine particles with a pestle or other heavy instrument; as, to pound spice or salt. ()

v. i. 1. To strike heavy blows; to beat. ()

2. (Mach.) To make a jarring noise, as in running; as, the engine pounds. ()

n. [AS. pund an inclosure: cf. forpyndan to turn away, or to repress, also Icel. pynda to extort, torment, Ir. pont, pond, pound. Cf. Pinder, Pinfold, Pin to inclose, Pond.]1. An inclosure, maintained by public authority, in which cattle or other animals are confined when taken in trespassing, or when going at large in violation of law; a pinfold. (Shak.)

2. A level stretch in a canal between locks. ()

3. (Fishing) A kind of net, having a large inclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward. ()

Pound covert, a pound that is close or covered over, as a shed. -- Pound overt, a pound that is open overhead. ()

v. t. To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound. (Milton.)

n. [AS. pund, fr. L. pondo, akin to pondus a weight, pendere to weigh. See Pendant.]1. A certain specified weight; especially, a legal standard consisting of an established number of ounces. ()

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2. A British denomination of money of account, equivalent to twenty shillings sterling, and equal in value to about $4.86. There is no coin known by this name, but the gold sovereign is of the same value. ()

(Peacham.)