pound in WordNet English dictionary

1. move rhythmically
   "Her heart was beating fast"
   beat  pound  thump 
   
2. place or shut up in a pound
   "pound the cows so they don't stray"
   impound  pound 
   
3. move heavily or clumsily
   "The heavy man lumbered across the room"
   lumber  pound 
   
4. hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
   "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"
   thump  pound  poke 
   
5. break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle
   "pound the roots with a heavy flat stone"
   pound 
   
6. strike or drive against with a heavy impact
   "ram the gate with a sledgehammer"; "pound on the door"
   ram  ram down  pound 
   
7. shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
   "The prisoners are safely pounded"
   pound  pound up 
   
8. partition off into compartments
   "The locks pound the water of the canal"
   pound  pound off 
   

1. the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
   British pound  pound  British pound sterling  pound sterling  quid 
   
2. the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents
   Cypriot pound  pound 
   
3. a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs
   "unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound"
   pound  dog pound 
   
4. the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters
   Egyptian pound  pound 
   
5. the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
   "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway"
   hammer  pound  hammering  pounding 
   
6. formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
   Irish pound  Irish punt  punt  pound 
   
7. 16 ounces avoirdupois
   "he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds"
   pound  lb 
   
8. a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec
   pound  lbf. 
   
9. the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters
   Lebanese pound  pound 
   
10. a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)
    pound  pound sign 
    
11. the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters
    Sudanese pound  pound 
    
12. the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters
    Syrian pound  pound 
    
13. a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy
    pound