pound

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈpaʊ̯nd/]

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1. pound (verb) — sense 1

Definition: To strike hard, usually repeatedly.

Example: She had Lord James' collar in one big fist and she pounded the table with the other and talked a blue streak. Nobody could make out plain what she said, for she was mainly jabbering Swede lingo, but there was English enough, of a kind, to give us some idee.

2. pound (verb) — sense 2

Definition: To crush to pieces; to pulverize.

Example: Pound an onion, warm a spoonful of ghee and throw in the onion, brown it slightly, add your curry stuff, brown this till it smells pleasantly, […]

3. pound (verb) — sense 3

Definition: To eat or drink very quickly.

Example: You really pounded that beer!

4. pound (noun) — sense 4

Definition: A hard blow.

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