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pound  (pounds plural & 3rd person present) (pounding present participle) (pounded past tense & past participle )
1  n-count The pound is the unit of money which is used in Britain. It is represented by the symbol £. One British pound is divided into a hundred pence. Some other countries, for example Egypt, also have a unit of money called a pound. 
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Beer cost three pounds a bottle..., A thousand pounds worth of jewellery and silver has been stolen., ...multi-million pound profits., ...a pound coin.  
2  n-sing The pound is used to refer to the British currency system, and sometimes to the currency systems of other countries which use pounds. 
the N 
The pound is expected to continue to increase against most other currencies.  
3  n-count A pound is a unit of weight used mainly in Britain, America, and other countries where English is spoken. One pound is equal to 0.454 kilograms. A pound of something is a quantity of it that weighs one pound. 
num N, N of n 
Her weight was under ninety pounds., ...a pound of cheese.  
4  n-count A pound is a place where dogs and cats found wandering in the street are taken and kept until they are claimed by their owners. 
5  n-count A pound is a place where cars that have been parked illegally are taken by the police and kept until they have been claimed by their owners. 
6  verb If you pound something or pound on it, you hit it with great force, usually loudly and repeatedly. 
He pounded the table with his fist...  V n 
Somebody began pounding on the front door...  V prep/adv 
She came at him, pounding her fists against his chest.  V n prep 
...the pounding waves.  V-ing 
7  verb If you pound something, you crush it into a paste or a powder or into very small pieces. 
She paused as she pounded the maize grains.  V n 
8  verb If your heart is pounding, it is beating with an unusually strong and fast rhythm, usually because you are afraid. 
I'm sweating, my heart is pounding. I can't breathe.  V 
♦  pounding  n-uncount usu N of n 
...the fast pounding of her heart.  
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