as in blow
a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument
give the nail a final pound with the hammer
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as in cage
an enclosure with an open framework for keeping animals
stray dogs wearing tags are kept in that pound until their owners can be notified
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as in to stomp
to move heavily or clumsily
pounding down the road as fast as he could run
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as in to hit
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner
pounding nails into boards all day long
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as in to lick
to strike repeatedly
during the storm the waves furiously pounded the beach
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as in to grind
to reduce to fine particles
the tablet may be pounded and mixed in with the animal's food
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Recent Examples of pound
Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 31 Mar. 2025
Over the course of a year, people in the intermittent fasting group lost nearly 17 pounds—about 60% more than those who were asked to trim back their daily calories by one-third, according to the study.
—Dr. Alice Gao, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2025
Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 13 Mar. 2025
Southern California was being pounded by a major storm Thursday morning, bringing evacuation warnings and fears of mudslides.
—Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025
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The rocket's nine engines, burning a mix of liquid propane and liquid oxygen, throttled up to generate more than 150,000 pounds (675 kilonewtons) of thrust as Spectrum began a vertical climb from the launch pad.
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Dangerous, heavy rain pounded the Los Angeles area early Thursday, bringing a threat of flooding and debris flow to spots impacted by the recent devastating wildfires.
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The Kiki Platform Mary Jane Few shoes have stomped their way into the fashion lexicon quite as rapidly as Marc Jacobs’s Kiki platforms.—
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Witnesses on the flight told authorities Augustin was stomping, yelling, shaking and being incoherent, the document continued.—
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Joshua Hur hit a home run, Trey Ebel had a two-run double and Ethan Bingaman contributed an RBI triple.—
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Dashcam video from a ride-share driver captured the moments after Rinaldi was hit by the man and fell to the pavement.—
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Marchand has crossed lines by licking players, or repeatedly punching a hockey pacifist like Vancouver’s Daniel Sedin in a final series.—
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Hamas, Hezbollah, and Houthis are licking their chops.—
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Hill’s budget proposal projects drawing 55.4% of the district’s budget from the state, 34.2% from the county, 6% from the federal government and 4.3% from other special sources.—
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Many guests will be drawn to a separate, 90-seat bar.—
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Many golf fans will be familiar with Kim based on his presence on X, formerly Twitter, but Kim has been grinding hard to get to Augusta National.—
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This year, really grinding through a lot of different rosters, lot of different changes.—
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Instead, tattooed servers shuffle around under dim lighting to a Phoebe Bridgers soundtrack.—
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Under moonlight, the six men shuffled to the village church.—
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Steel was then penalized for knocking Pickard late in the third.—
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After a village Electoral Board ruling knocked Tinley Together off the ballot, a Cook County Circuit Court judge, in early January, reversed that ruling.—
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His supporters swiftly took to the streets in Bucharest, CNN’s affiliate Antena 3 reported, with some tearing up asphalt from the roads to pelt police who had amassed to guard the BEC building.—
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Tumultuous Time They were likely formed during a particularly tumultuous time, when both Earth and the Moon were being pelted by celestial objects.—
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“Pound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pound. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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