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▸ noun:  Various non-English units of measure
▸ noun:  A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.
▸ noun:  A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (≈ 373.242 g). Today, this is a common unit of mass when measuring precious metals, and is little used elsewhere.
▸ noun:  A unit of currency in various currency systems
▸ noun:  Various non-English units of currency
▸ noun:  The unit of currency used in the United Kingdom and its dependencies. It is divided into 100 pence. Symbol £.
▸ noun:  Any of various units of currency used in Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan and Syria, and formerly in the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus, Israel and South Africa.
▸ noun:  Any of various units of currency formerly used in the United States.
▸ noun:  (US) The symbol # (octothorpe, hash, number sign)
▸ verb:  (slang, UK regional, transitive) To wager a pound on.
▸ noun:  A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals.
▸ noun:  (metonymically) The people who work for the pound.
▸ noun:  (UK) A place for the detention of automobiles that have been illegally parked, abandoned, etc.
▸ noun:  A section of a canal between two adjacent locks.
▸ noun:  A kind of fishing net, having a large enclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.
▸ noun:  (Newfoundland) A division inside a fishing stage where cod is cured in salt brine.
▸ verb:  To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To strike hard, usually repeatedly.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To crush to pieces; to pulverize.
▸ verb:  (transitive, slang) To eat or drink very quickly.
▸ verb:  (transitive, baseball, slang) To pitch consistently to a certain location.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, of a body part, generally heart, blood, or head) To beat strongly or throb.
▸ verb:  (transitive, vulgar, slang) To penetrate sexually, with vigour.
▸ verb:  To advance heavily with measured steps.
▸ verb:  (engineering) To make a jarring noise, as when running.
▸ noun:  A hard blow.
▸ noun:  A surname.
▸ noun:  A town in Wise County, Virginia, United States.
▸ noun:  A village and town in Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States, both named after Thaddeus C. Pound.
▸ noun:  A unit of weight in various measurement systems
▸ noun:  Ellipsis of pound weight.
▸ noun:  A unit of mass in various measurement systems
▸ noun:  Ellipsis of pound mass.
▸ noun:  A unit of force in various measurement systems
▸ noun:  Ellipsis of pound force.
▸ noun:  (informal, non-scientific) Short for pound-force. [A unit of force equal to the weight, on earth (subject to standard gravity), of a mass of one avoirdupois pound, equal to about 4.44822 newtons. Symbol lbf or lb_f.]

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