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Nouns (35)

pound, dog pound

n. a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs; "unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound"

pound, lbf.

n. a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec

pound, lb

n. 16 ounces; "he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds"

pound, £ C, Cyprus pound

n. the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents

pound, Egyptian pound, £ E

n. the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters

pound, Lebanese pound, £ L, L£

n. the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters

pound, Sudanese pound, LSd, £Sd

n. the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters

pound, Syrian pound, LS, £S

n. the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters

pound, Maltese pound, Lm, Maltese lira, LM

n. basic monetary unit of Malta

punt, pound, Irish pound, euro, £ Ir, ?

n. formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence

Verbs (10)

pound, lumber

v. move heavily or clumsily; "The heavy man lumbered across the room"

pound, throb

v. pulsate or pound with abnormal force; "my head is throbbing"; "Her heart was throbbing"

poke, thump, pound

v. hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"

beat, thump, pound

v. move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast"

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Fuzzynyms (106)

drive, motor

v. travel or be transported in a vehicle; "We drove to the university every morning"; "They motored to London for the theater"

pass, nail, make it

v. go successfully through a test or a selection process; "She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now"

patter, pitter-patter

v. make light, rapid and repeated sounds; "gently pattering rain"

beat, tick, ticktack, ticktock

v. make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight"

tap, knock, rap, pink

v. make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"

beat, beat up

v. give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"

break, damage

v. inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree"

dent, indent

v. make a depression into; "The bicycle dented my car"

baste, batter, clobber

v. strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"

slap

v. hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand; "The impatient teacher slapped the student"; "a gunshot slapped him on the forehead"

strike

v. deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon; "The teacher struck the child"; "the opponent refused to strike"; "The boxer struck the attacker dead"

grind, grate

v. make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger"

knock, strike hard

v. deliver a sharp blow or push :"He knocked the glass clear across the room"

beat, hit repeatedly

v. hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe"

hit, knock, bump

v. "My car bumped into the tree"

rap, knap, strike sharply

v. strike sharply; "rap him on the knuckles"

tap, strike lightly

v. strike lightly; "He tapped me on the shoulder"

beat, thump, pound

v. move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast"

squeeze, crush, squash, squelch, mash

v. to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"

splash, squelch, slop, splosh, slosh, squish

v. walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow"

bruise, contuse

v. injure the underlying soft tissue of bone of; "I bruised my knee"

hit, strike, impinge on, collide with, hit against, run into

v. hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow"

hit, strike

v. produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically; "The pianist strikes a middle C"; "strike `z' on the keyboard"; "her comments struck a sour note"

stomp, stamp, stump

v. walk heavily; "The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots"

tramp, travel on foot

v. travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition; "We went tramping about the state of Colorado"

knock, strike hard

v. deliver a sharp blow or push :"He knocked the glass clear across the room"

beat, beat up

beat, hit repeatedly

v. hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe"

hit, knock, bump

v. "My car bumped into the tree"

rap, knap, strike sharply

v. strike sharply; "rap him on the knuckles"

tap, strike lightly

v. strike lightly; "He tapped me on the shoulder"

poke, thump, pound

v. hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"

squeeze, crush, squash, squelch, mash

v. to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"

splash, squelch, slop, splosh, slosh, squish

v. walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow"

pelt, pepper

v. attack and bombard with or as if with missiles; "pelt the speaker with questions"

coat, cake, form a coat over

v. form a coat over; "Dirt had coated her face"

catapult, sling

v. hurl as if with a sling

grind, dance erotically

v. dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced

Synonyms (0)

Antonyms (0)

Cypriot pound

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