pound
pound is a valid 5-letter word worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends.
What does pound mean?
- verb
move heavily or clumsily
- noun
a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec
- noun
the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
- noun
formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
- noun
16 ounces avoirdupois
- noun
the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters
- noun
the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters
- verb
shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
- verb
place or shut up in a pound
- noun
the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters
- verb
strike or drive against with a heavy impact
- verb
partition off into compartments
- noun
United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972)
- noun
a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy
- verb
break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle
- verb
hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
- noun
the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents
- verb
move rhythmically
- noun
a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)
- noun
the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
- noun
a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs
- noun
the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters