Found 4 items, similar to Pounds.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: pound pon
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: pound berdebar-debar, dengap, endut, entak, hantam, menggepuk, menggodam, menghantam, pon menghentakkan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: pound pound n 1: 16 ounces; “he tried to lift 100 pounds” [syn: lb] 2: the basic unit of money in Great Britain; equal to 100 pence [syn: British pound, pound sterling, quid] 3: the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters [syn: Syrian pound] 4: the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters [syn: Sudanese pound] 5: the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters [syn: Lebanese pound] 6: formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence [syn: Irish pound, Irish punt, punt] 7: the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters [syn: Egyptian pound] 8: the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents [syn: Cypriot pound] 9: a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec [syn: lbf.] 10: United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972) [syn: Ezra Pound, Ezra Loomis Pound] 11: a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs; “unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound” [syn: dog pound] 12: the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); “the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard”; “the pounding of feet on the hallway” [syn: hammer, hammering, pounding] pound v 1: hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; “the salesman pounded the door knocker”; “a bible-thumping Southern Baptist” [syn: thump, poke] 2: strike or drive against with a heavy impact; “ram the gate with a sledgehammer”; “pound on the door” [syn: ram, ram down ] 3: move heavily or clumsily; “The heavy man lumbered across the room” [syn: lumber] 4: move rhythmically; “Her heart was beating fast” [syn: beat, thump] 5: partition off into compartments; “The locks pound the water of the canal” [syn: pound off] 6: shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits; “The prisoners are safely pounded” [syn: pound up] 7: place or shut up in a pound; “pound the cows so they don't stray” [syn: impound] 8: break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle; “pound the roots with a heavy flat stone”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Pounds Pound \Pound\, n.; pl. Pounds, collectively Pound or Pounds. [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. [1913 Webster] Note: The pound in general use in the United States and in England is the pound avoirdupois, which is divided into sixteen ounces, and contains 7,000 grains. The pound troy is divided into twelve ounces, and contains 5,760 grains. 144 pounds avoirdupois are equal to 175 pounds troy weight. See Avoirdupois, and Troy. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Note: The pound sterling was in Saxon times, about a. d. 671, a pound troy of silver, and a shilling was its twentieth part; consequently the latter was three times as large as it is at present. --Peacham. [1913 Webster] Pound \Pound\, n.; pl. Pounds, collectively Pound or Pounds. [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. [1913 Webster] Note: The pound in general use in the United States and in England is the pound avoirdupois, which is divided into sixteen ounces, and contains 7,000 grains. The pound troy is divided into twelve ounces, and contains 5,760 grains. 144 pounds avoirdupois are equal to 175 pounds troy weight. See Avoirdupois, and Troy. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Note: The pound sterling was in Saxon times, about a. d. 671, a pound troy of silver, and a shilling was its twentieth part; consequently the latter was three times as large as it is at present. --Peacham. [1913 Webster]