POUND
- enclosure for stray animals or for impounded vehicles
- to strike repeatedly and heavily
- to crush by pounding
- to beat heavily, as the heart
- to strike heavily and repeatedly [v POUNDED, POUNDING, POUNDS]
- to run heavily
- unit of weight: in the U.S., pound avoirdupois (16 ounces) and pound troy (12 ounces)
- the British monetary unit