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— English words —

• pound n. A unit of weight in various measurement systems.
• pound n. A unit of mass in various measurement systems.
• pound n. A unit of force in various measurement systems.
• pound n. A unit of currency in various currency systems.
• pound n. (US) The symbol # (octothorpe, hash, number sign).
• pound v. (Slang, dated, transitive) To wager a pound on.
• pound n. A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals.
• pound n. (Metonymically) The people who work for the pound.
• pound n. (UK) A place for the detention of automobiles that have been illegally parked, abandoned, etc.
• pound n. A section of a canal between two adjacent locks.
• pound n. A kind of fishing net, having a large enclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed…
• pound n. (Newfoundland) a division inside a fishing stage where cod is cured in salt brine.
• pound v. To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
• pound v. (Transitive) To strike hard, usually repeatedly.
• pound v. (Transitive) To crush to pieces; to pulverize.
• pound v. (Transitive, slang) To eat or drink very quickly.
• pound v. (Transitive, baseball, slang) To pitch consistently to a certain location.
• pound v. (Intransitive, of a body part, generally heart, blood, or head) To beat strongly or throb.
• pound v. (Transitive, vulgar, slang) To penetrate sexually, with vigour.
• pound v. To advance heavily with measured steps.
• pound v. (Engineering) To make a jarring noise, as when running.
• pound n. A hard blow.
• Pound prop.n. A surname.
• Pound prop.n. A town in Wise County, Virginia, United States.
• Pound prop.n. A village and town in Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States, both named after Thaddeus C. Pound.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Middle english
  • pound n. A measurement for weight, most notably the Tower pound, merchant’s pound or pound avoirdupois, or a…
  • pound n. A pound or other silver coin (including ancient coins), weighing one Tower pound of silver.
  • pound n. Money or coinage in general, especially a great amount of it.
• Romanian - Turkish
  • pound n. Pound.

— English words, defined in German —

• pound V. Intransitiv: hämmern, klopfen.
• pound V. Transitiv: unter Beschuss haben, unablässig beschießen.
• pound V. Transitiv: verhauen, mit den Fäusten bearbeiten; etwas oder jemanden wiederholt (mit den Fäusten) hart schlagen.
• pound V. Transitiv: in kleine Stücke oder zu Pulver zerstoßen, zerstampfen.
• pound V. Transitiv, veraltete Bedeutung: einschließen.
• pound V. Intransitiv: herumlaufen.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• pound n. (Eenheid), (numismatiek), (financieel) pond.
• pound w. Stampen, hameren.

— English words, defined in French —

• pound n. Livre, unité de mesure de masse (système impérial britannique). Symbole : lb. Appelé aussi avoirdupois pound.
• pound n. Unité de mesure de masse (système impérial britannique). Aujourd’hui, elle n’est plus utilisée que pour…
• pound n. Livre, unité monétaire britannique, appelé aussi pound sterling ; ancienne unité monétaire d’Irlande…
• pound n. Fourrière, lieu où la police a le droit de faire conduire les animaux errants ou les voitures délaissées…
• pound v. Piler, broyer.
• pound v. Battre, tambouriner.
• pound v. (Intransitif) Battre fort (cœur) ou lancer (partie du corps qui fait mal).
• pound v. (Transitif) (Argot) (Sexualité) Pénétrer vigoureusement.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• pound s. Libra.
• pound s. Depósito.
• pound v. Machacar, aporrear, majar.
• pound v. Palpitar, retumbar.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• pound s. Libra (unidade de massa; aproximadamente 453 gramas).
• pound s. Libra (unidade monetária do Reino Unido e de diversos outros países).
• pound s. Cerquilha (#).
• pound v. Bater.
• pound v. Pulverizar.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• pound s. (Fisica) libbra.
• pound s. (Economia) sterlina.
• pound s. Deposito auto.
• pound s. (US) il simbolo # (cancelletto).
• pound s. Controllare il peso di.
• pound s. Battere.

— In Portuguese —

• pound s. (Estrangeirismo) ver libra (unidade de massa).
• pound s. (Estrangeirismo) ver libra (unidade monetária do Reino Unido).

155 English words from 29 English definitions

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38 English words from 33 foreign definitions

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85 foreign words from 33 foreign definitions

ancienne animaux aporrear appelé aproximadamente aussi Bater Battre bearbeiten Bedeutung beschießen Beschuss britannique broyer cancelletto Cerquilha cœur conduire délaissées de␣masse Depósito diversos Economia Eenheid einschließen elle Estrangeirismo etwas Fäusten financieel Fisica Fourrière haben hameren hämmern herumlaufen impérial Intransitif Intransitiv Irlande jemanden kleine klopfen libbra Machacar majar masse mesure mit monétaire monetária numismatiek oder países Palpitar partie Pénétrer Pulverizar qui Reino Reino␣Unido schlagen Sexualité simbolo Stampen sterlina Stücke système Transitif Transitiv unablässig unidade unidade␣monetária Unido unité unité␣de␣mesure unité␣monétaire unter utilisée veraltete verhauen vigoureusement wiederholt zerstampfen zerstoßen

82 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

pounds Pounds poundal pounded pounder Pounder poundin' Poundon poundage poundals pounders Poundian pounding poundman poundmen pound␣out poundable poundaged poundages Poundbury poundcake pound␣cake pound␣dirt poundings Poundland poundless Poundlike pound␣salt pound␣sand pound-shop pound␣shop pound␣sign pound␣town Pound␣Town pound␣a␣beat poundaging poundcakes pound␣cakes Poundesque pound-force poundingly poundmaker Poundmaker pounds␣dirt pound␣shops pound␣signs pounds␣salt pounds␣sand Poundstone poundworth +32 words

250 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

expounds impounds compounds dog␣pounds expounded expounder geepounds impounded impounder lispounds propounds unpounded compounded compounder compoundly expounders expoundest expoundeth expounding fish␣pounds footpounds foot-pounds impoundage impounders impounding kilopounds propounded propounder ship-pounds tenpounder ten-pounder troy␣pounds assay␣pounds ass␣pounding cocompounds compound␣bow compounders compoundest compoundeth compound␣eye compounding compound␣key decompounds expoundable expoundings foot-poundal half-pounder impoundable impoundages impoundings +200 words

99 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

expound impound compound dog␣pound geepound lispound propound fish␣pound footpound foot-pound Grampound grey␣pound kilopound lobspound pink␣pound ship-pound troy␣pound assay␣pound brown␣pound cocompound decompound misexpound multipound petropound recompound shorepound azocompound azo␣compound biocompound exocompound metric␣pound noncompound precompound subcompound ansa␣compound Bristol␣pound cage␣compound cryocompound lobster␣pound mesocompound minicompound monocompound nanocompound open␣compound thiocompound diazo␣compound ionic␣compound phytocompound pound-for-pound pound␣for␣pound +49 words

4 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

!'O!uŋ Pou POU und

3 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

DNU Nuo UOP

18 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

done␣up dump␣on Dunlop dupion Dupont DuPont hundo␣P Nupoid podunk Podunk pondus pounds Pounds Pudong Purdon snod␣up unipod unoped

15 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

DNOP doup do␣up Nudo pond Pond poud PUDO Puno udon undo UNDP updo upon up␣on

21 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

bound Bound -bound Cound found Found. gound hound Hound Lound mound pfund poind pour'd pownd round Round 'round sound Sound wound

3 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

pond Pond poud

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