pound

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Meaning

1. A unit of weight in various measurement systems
2. A unit of weight in various measurement systems
3. A unit of mass in various measurement systems
4. A unit of mass in various measurement systems
5. A unit of mass in various measurement systems
6. A unit of mass in various measurement systems
7. A unit of force in various measurement systems
8. A unit of force in various measurement systems
9. (informal) A unit of force in various measurement systems
10. A unit of currency in various currency systems
11. A unit of currency in various currency systems
12. A unit of currency in various currency systems
13. A unit of currency in various currency systems
14. The symbol # (octothorpe, hash, number sign)

beat

rap on

reduce to powder

ram down

British pound

act of pounding

Egyptian pound

pound up

make noise

pound lightly

British pound sterling

Cypriot pound

Irish pound

Irish punt

Lebanese pound

Sudanese pound

Syrian pound

lbf.

pound off

ram in

overbear

pass around

press down

screen off

turn off

trample upon

hit repeatedly

crush lightly

grind into fragments

bang against

bang out

sixteen ounces

reduce to atoms

knock at a door

stamp breaking

stamp crushing

coop in

dam up

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/paʊnd/

From Middle English pound, from Old English pund (“a pound, weight”), 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 pund and Swedish pund. Doublet of pood and punt.