pound
zelfstandig naamwoord
1 pound
16 ounces avoirdupois:
— He got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds.
synoniem: lb.
Roget 319:
gravity,
gravitation;
weight;
heaviness
etc.
adj.;
specific gravity;
pondorosity†,
pressure,
load;
burden,
burthen†;
ballast,
counterpoise;
lump of,
mass of,
weight of.
lead,
millstone,
mountain,
Ossa on Pelion.
weighing,
ponderation†,
trutination†;
weights;
avoirdupois weight,
troy weight,
apothecaries' weight;
grain,
scruple,
drachma†,
ounce,
pound,
lb,
arroba†,
load,
stone,
hundredweight,
cwt,
ton,
long ton,
metric ton,
quintal,
carat,
pennyweight,
tod†.
[metric weights]
gram,
centigram,
milligram,
microgram,
kilogram;
nanogram,
picogram,
femtogram,
attogram.
[Weighing Instrument]
balance,
scale,
scales,
steelyard,
beam,
weighbridge†;
spring balance,
piezoelectric balance,
analytical balance,
two-pan balance,
one-pan balance;
postal scale,
baby scale.
[Science of gravity]
statics.
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Roget 232:
inclosure,
envelope;
case
etc.
(receptacle)
191;
wrapper;
girdle
etc.
230.
pen,
fold;
pen fold,
in fold,
sheep fold;
paddock,
pound;
corral;
yard;
net,
seine net.
wall,
hedge,
hedge row;
espalier;
fence
etc.
(defense)
717;
pale,
paling,
balustrade,
rail,
railing,
quickset hedge,
park paling,
circumvallation†,
enceinte,
ring fence.
barrier,
barricade;
gate,
gateway;
bent,
dingle [U.S.];
door,
hatch,
cordon;
prison
etc.
752.
dike,
dyke,
ditch,
fosse†,
moat.
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Roget 752:
prison,
prison house;
jail,
gaol,
cage,
coop,
den,
cell;
stronghold,
fortress,
keep,
donjon,
dungeon,
Bastille,
oubliette,
bridewell†,
house of correction,
hulks,
tollbooth,
panopticon†,
penitentiary,
guardroom,
lockup,
hold;
round house,
watch house,
station house,
sponging house;
station;
house of detention,
black hole,
pen,
fold,
pound;
inclosure
etc.
232;
isolation
(exclusion)
893;
penal settlement,
penal colony;
bilboes,
stocks,
limbo,
quod [Lat.];
calaboose,
chauki†,
choky†,
thana†;
workhouse [U.S.].
Newgate,
Fleet,
Marshalsea;
King's Bench,
Queen's Bench.
bond;
bandage;
irons,
pinion,
gyve,
fetter,
shackle,
trammel,
manacle,
handcuff,
straight jacket,
strait jacket,
strait-jacket,
strait-waistcoat,
hopples†;
vice,
vise.
yoke,
collar,
halter,
harness;
muzzle,
gag,
bit,
brake,
curb,
snaffle,
bridle;
rein,
reins;
bearing rein;
martingale;
leading string;
tether,
picket,
band,
guy,
chain;
cord
etc.
(fastening)
45;
cavesson†,
hackamore [U.S.],
headstall,
jaquima [U.S.],
lines,
ribbons.
bolt,
deadbolt,
bar,
lock,
police lock,
combination lock,
padlock,
rail,
wall,
stone wall;
paling,
palisade;
fence,
picket fence,
barbed wire fence,
Cyclone fence,
stockade fence,
chain-link fence;
barrier,
barricade.
drag
etc.
(hindrance)
706.
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Nederlands: pond
Pools: lb, funt
2 pound
The basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence.
synoniemen: British pound, British pound sterling, pound sterling, quid.
Nederlands: achterwiel, Engelse pond, knaak, pond sterling, rijksdaalder, riks
Pools: funt, funt szterling, GBP, sterling, szterling
3 pound
A unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy.
Nederlands: pond
4 pound
The basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters.
synoniem: Syrian pound.
Pools: funt syryjski, SYP
5 pound
The basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters.
synoniem: Sudanese pound.
Pools: funt sudański, SDG
6 pound
The basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters.
synoniem: Lebanese pound.
Pools: funt libański, LBP
7 pound
Formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence.
synoniemen: Irish pound, Irish punt, punt.
Pools: funt irlandzki, IEP
8 pound
The basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters.
synoniem: Egyptian pound.
Pools: EGP, E£, funt egipski, LE
9 pound
The basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents.
synoniem: Cypriot pound.
Pools: funt cypryjski, CYP
10 pound
A nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec.
synoniem: lbf..
Nederlands: pond
Pools: funt-siła, lb, lbf
11 Pound
United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972).
synoniemen: Ezra Loomis Pound, Ezra Pound.
12 pound
A symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain).
synoniem: pound sign.
13 pound
A public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs:
— Unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound.
synoniem: dog pound.
14 pound
The act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows):
— The pounding of feet on the hallway.
synoniemen: hammer, hammering, pounding.
werkwoord
1 pound
Hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument:
— The salesman pounded the door knocker.
synoniemen: poke, thump.
Nederlands: stampen
2 pound
Strike or drive against with a heavy impact:
— Pound on the door.
synoniemen: ram, ram down.
Nederlands: beuken, bonken, bonzen, hameren, hengsten, rammeien, rammen, timmeren
3 pound
Move heavily or clumsily.
synoniem: lumber.
4 pound
Move rhythmically.
synoniemen: beat, thump.
Roget 330:
come to dust;
be disintegrated,
be reduced to powder
&c..
reduce to powder,
grind to powder;
pulverize,
comminute,
granulate,
triturate,
levigate†;
scrape,
file,
abrade,
rub down,
grind,
grate,
rasp,
pound,
bray,
bruise;
contuse,
contund†;
beat,
crush,
cranch†,
craunch†,
crunch,
scranch†,
crumble,
disintegrate;
attenuate
etc.
195.
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5 pound
Partition off into compartments:
— The locks pound the water of the canal.
synoniem: pound off.
6 pound
Shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits:
— The prisoners are safely pounded.
synoniem: pound up.
7 pound
Place or shut up in a pound:
— Pound the cows so they don't stray.
synoniem: impound.
Nederlands: in beslag nemen, confisqueren
8 pound
Break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle.
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