Pound
Plural form of: Poundnoun — Plural: Pound, Pounds
- 1.
- ផោន (រង្វាស់ទម្ងន់អង់គ្លេសដែលមានផោនស្មើនឹង ០,៤៥៤គីឡូក្រាម) ផោន និងម៉ាល់តា
ENGLISH MEANING
noun — Plural: Pound, Pounds
- 1.
- An inclosure, maintained by public authority, in which cattle or other animals are confined when taken in trespassing, or when going at large in violation of law; a pinfold.
- 2.
- A level stretch in a canal between locks.
- 3.
- A kind of net, having a large inclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.
- 4.
- A certain specified weight; especially, a legal standard consisting of an established number of ounces.
- 5.
- A British denomination of money of account, equivalent to twenty shillings sterling, and equal in value to about $4.86. There is no coin known by this name, but the gold sovereign is of the same value.
verb
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To comminute and pulverize by beating; to bruise or break into fine particles with a pestle or other heavy instrument; as, to pound spice or salt.
- 4.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To strike heavy blows; to beat.
- 5.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To make a jarring noise, as in running; as, the engine pounds.