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pound
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[ noun ] 16 ounces
Synonyms Examples "he tried to lift 100 pounds" Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)The 6 - foot 3 inch Hansen checked_in close_to 200 pounds , 15 pounds lighter than his reporting_weight last spring . The 6 - foot 3 inch Hansen checked_in close_to 200 pounds , 15 pounds lighter than his reporting_weight last spring . He hopes to melt_off an additional eight pounds before the Flock breaks_camp three weeks hence . (The Dallas Morning News,...)A 208 - pound , 6 - foot 1 - inch senior from Stamford , Moritz practices nothing but place-kicking . (Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)The husky 6 - 3 , 205 - pound lefthander , was in command all_the_way before an on_the_scene audience of only 949 and countless of television viewers in the Denver area . Related terms |
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[ verb ] hit hard with the had, fist, or some heavy instrument
Examples "the salesman pounded the door knocker" "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist" Used in print (Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)He would sit inside the coffee_shop and pound a gloved fist upon the table and a girl would hear him and come running , bowing with her running , calling_out in her bowing , `` At your service '' . |
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[ noun ] the basic unit of money in Great Britain; equal to 100 pence
Synonyms Used in print (James Boylan, "Mutinity"...)One man remarked that if he had a_hundred pounds , he would give ninety of them to be back in England . Up spoke carpenter Staffe , who said he would n't give ten pounds to be home . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters
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[ noun ] the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters
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[ noun ] the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 8702
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[ noun ] the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents
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[ noun ] the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters
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[ noun ] the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
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[ noun ] (verse,writing) United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972)
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[ noun ] (physics) a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec
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