Meaning

18 senses

  1. A unit of weight in various measurement systems.

    a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy

  2. A unit of weight in various measurement systems.

    Various non-English units of measure.

  3. A unit of mass in various measurement systems.

    Various non-English units of measure.

  4. 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.

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

  5. 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.

  6. A unit of force in various measurement systems

    Various non-English units of measure.

  7. A base unit of currency in various currency systems.

    The base unit of sterling, the currency used in the United Kingdom and some of its dependencies. It is divided into 100 pence.

    a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)

  8. Any of various units of currency used in Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan, and Syria, and formerly in the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus, Nigeria, Israel, and South Africa.

  9. Any of various units of currency formerly used in the United States.

    the Rhode Island pound; the New Hampshire pound

  10. (informal)Various non-English units of currency not officially called pounds.

  11. (US)The symbol #.

    Holonym: hashtag

    To be connected, press pound.

  12. A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals.

    Zwinger, Tierheim

Examples

483 sentences

  1. We bought a pound of tea.

    Ми купили фунт чаю.

    ruМы купили фунт чая.

    deWir kauften ein Pfund Tee.

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  2. She bought two pounds of butter.

    Вона купила два фунти масла.

    ruОна купила два фунта масла.

    deSie kaufte zwei Pfund Butter.

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  3. You should lose a few pounds.

    Тобі варто скинути кілька кілограм.

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  4. Tom lost thirty pounds over the summer.

    Том втратив тридцять фунтів протягом літа.

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  5. I gained three pounds.

    Я поправився на півтора кілограми.

    ruЯ поправился на три фунта.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
unit of currency:
Русский
By meaning 2
unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois):
place for detention of automobiles:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois):
place for the detention of stray animals:
place for detention of automobiles:

Origin

From Middle English pound, from Old English pund (“a pound, weight”), from Proto-West Germ

From Middle English pound, from Old English pund (“a pound, weight”), from Proto-West Germanic *pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą (“pound, weight”), an early borrowing from Latin pondō (“by weight”), ablative form of pondus (“weight”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (“to pull, stretch”).

From Middle English pounde, ponde, pund, from Old English *pund (“an enclosure”). Related to Old English pyndan (“to enclose, shut up, dam, impound”). Compare also Old English pynd (“a cistern, lake”).

From an alteration of earlier poun, pown, from Middle English pounen, from Old English pūnian (“to pound, beat, bray, bruise, crush”), from Proto-West Germanic *pūn- (“broken pieces, rubble”). Related to Saterland Frisian Pün (“debris, fragments”), West Frisian pún (“debris, rubble”), Dutch puin (“debris, fragments, rubbish”), Low German pun (“fragments”).

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Forms

plural: pounds / pound

Synonyms

35 synonyms
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Close in meaning
  • a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs:dog pound
  • a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain):pound sign
  • United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972):Ezra PoundEzra Loomis 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:lbf.
  • 16 ounces avoirdupois:lb
  • the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows):hammerhammeringpounding

Word family

45 related words
Derivedassay poundavoirdupois poundbrown poundfoot-poundfoot-pound-secondfull-poundgeepoundgreen poundgrey poundhalf-poundkilopoundmetric poundmultipoundpetropoundpinfoldpink poundpoundablepoundagepoundalpound cakepounderpound-foolishpound-forcepound-for-pound

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • a few pounds
  • few pounds
  • how many pounds
  • pounds heavier than
  • pounds lighter than
  • thirty pounds
  • many pounds
  • many pounds did
  • lost thirty pounds
  • few pounds heavier
  • few pounds lighter
  • three pounds

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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