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mass. Symbols lb, lb av, lb avdp. Distinctively the pound avoirdupois:

Internat, BI, US-C, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, etc., 1959 453.592 37 g, so 1 kg = 2.204 622 62~ lb.
[Bigg P. H. Nature Vol. 194, 719-21 (1962)]

Canada 1951 453.592 43 g, so 1 kg = 2.204 622 33~ lb.Canada: An Act respecting Weights and Measures assented to 20 June 1951

BI 1898 By Order-in-Council it was declared that, on the basis of comparative measurement of the prototype pound and the international prototype kilogram, 1 kg = 2.204 622 3 lb, so 1 lb = 453.592 436~ g (making the prototype pound obsolescent, but not displacing it).

US-C 1893 Defined by the Mendenhall Order, = ¹/_2.20462234 kg = ¹/_453.5924277~ g, i.e. 1 kg = 2.204 622 34 lb.

US-C 1866 Specified by the statute that spawned the Mendenhall Order (but not enacted to displace the extant prototype definition) = 1/2.204 622 78 kg = 453.592 338~ g, i.e. 1 kg = 2.204 622 78 lb.

BI 1855 The prototype pound avoirdupois, carefully created
[Connor R. D. The Weights and Measures of England (London: HMSO, 1987)] to succeed the master prototype troy pound, was damaged, along with the prototype yard, in the conflagration at the Houses of Parliament in 1834.

BI 1825, US-C 1838 defined as ⁷⁰⁰⁰/₅₇₆₀, the prototype troy pound.

See ounce and hundredweight for scales.

See poundal for the derived unit of force.

See apothecaries' scale and troy scale for the distinct pound used for medications and for precious metals.

History

Always = 7 000 gr (although the grain was discontinued officially in the UK in 1985), the pound avoirdupois has for centuries been very close to its current international value, probably the same to at least six significant figures.
[Connor R. D. The Weights and Measures of England (London: HMSO, 1987)] However, the unit of modern times differed minutely between the UK (lb avdp), the USA (lb av),
[Nature Vol. 183, 80-1 (1959)] and Canada until the agreed international standard, with 1 gr = 64.798 91 mg, was implemented in 1959 (though in the UK not exclusively until 1964). Careful measurement in 1960 of the prototype BI pounds still in practical use showed the British master copy as being 453.592 338~ g, and the Canadian as being 453.592 43~ g.
[Nature Vol. 183, 80-1 (1959)]

weight, force (pound-force) See gravitational system; weight.

Unit of measure of the weight and thickness of paper, such as 50-pound paper equal to the weight of one ream of paper. See also basis weight.

Monetary unit of Cyprus, Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria.

verb

1. To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows: assail, assault, baste, batter, beat, belabor, buffet, drub, hammer, pummel, smash, thrash, thresh. Informal lambaste. Slang clobber. Idioms: rain blows on. See attack/defend, strike/miss.
2. To shape, break, or flatten with repeated blows: beat, forge¹, hammer. See repetition, strike/miss.
3. To make rhythmic contractions, sounds, or movements: beat, palpitate, pulsate, pulse, throb. See repetition, sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.
4. To fix (an idea, for example) in someone's mind by reemphasis and repetition: drill, drive, implant, impress, inculcate, instill. See teach/learn.

noun

1. A sudden sharp, powerful stroke: bang, blow², clout, crack, hit, lick, slug³, sock, swat, thwack, welt, whack, wham, whop. Informal bash, biff, bop, clip¹, wallop. Slang belt, conk, paste. See attack/defend, strike/miss.
2. A stroke or blow, especially one that produces a sound: beat, clunk, thud, thump. See attack/defend, sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence, strike/miss.

Idioms beginning with pound:
pound of flesh
pound out
pound the pavement

See also in for a penny, in for a pound; penny wise, pound foolish.

Definition: impress; make someone listen
Antonyms: give up

A unit of weight in the old UK system of weights and measure. It is equivalent to 0.45359237 kg: it is also used as a unit of force and mass

To convert from pounds to:

drams, multiply by 256.
dynes, multiply by 44.4823E+04.
grains, multiply by 7000.
grams, multiply by 453.5924.
joules/cm, multiply by .04448.
joules/meter (newtons), multiply by 4.448.
kilograms, multiply by .4536.
ounces, multiply by 16.
ounces (troy), multiply by 14.5833.
poundals, multiply by 32.17.
pounds (troy), multiply by 1.21528.
stones (British), multiply by .07142857.
tons (short), multiply by .0005.

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1. a unit of weight in the avoirdupois (453.6 g, or 16 ounces) or apothecaries’ (373.2 g, or 12 ounces) system.
2. said of the gait of a horse which strikes the ground hard with the front feet at the canter.
3. an enclosure or building maintained by a local government authority in which stray animals are kept until claimed by their owners. See also animal shelter.

• U.S. System - pound: unit of avoirdupois weight equal to 16 ounces; equivalent to 0.45359 kilogram
• Urban Structures and Phenomena - pound: depot for holding personal property until it is claimed by owner
• Money, Currency, and Denominations - pound: basic monetary unit of United Kingdom, equal to one hundred new pence; prior to 1971, equal to twenty shillings or 240 pence
• World Currencies - pound: currency of Cyprus, Egypt, Ireland, Lebanon, Sudan, Syria, United Kingdom
• Descriptions of Sounds
• Violent Actions - pound: batter or hammer

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Pound may refer to:

Contents 1 Locations 2 Media 3 People 4 Units 5 Other

Locations

• Pound, Virginia, a town in Wise County, Virginia, United States
• Pound, Wisconsin, a village in Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States
• Pound (town), Wisconsin, a town in Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States

Media

• Pound (band), an American rock band
• Pound (film), a 1970 film directed and written by Robert Downey, Sr.
• Pound (magazine), a Toronto-based hip hop magazine

People

• Cuthbert W. Pound (1864–1935), American lawyer and politician from New York
• Dick Pound (born 1942), Canadian lawyer
• Dudley Pound (1877–1943), British naval officer
• Ezra Pound (1885–1972), American expatriate poet and critic
• Louise Pound (1872–1958), American folklorist and college professor
• Olivia Pound (1874–1961), Nebraska educator
• Omar Pound (1926–2010), Anglo-American writer, teacher, and translator
• Robert Pound (1919–2010), American physicist
• Roscoe Pound (1870–1964), American legal scholar and educator
• Stephen Pound (born 1948), British Labour Party politician
• Stephen Bosworth Pound (1833–1911), lawyer, senator and judge
• Thaddeus C. Pound (1833–1914), Wisconsin politician

Units

• Number sign (also pound sign), the symbol #
• Pound (currency), a unit of currency in some nations
• Pound (mass), a unit of mass used in the imperial, United States customary and other systems of measurement
• Pound (force), a unit of force in some systems of measurement
• Pound sign, the symbol for the pound sterling
• Rail pound, a rail weight and size in rail profile

Other

• Animal shelter (also a "pound"), a facility that houses homeless, lost, or abandoned animals
• Fist bump (also a "pound" or a "fist pound"), a gesture similar in meaning to a handshake or high five
• Pound (networking), a lightweight open source reverse proxy program and application firewall
• Pound (village), a high-walled, lockable structure in most medieval British villages

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - pund

idioms:

• pound of flesh    pund kød
• pound sterling    pund sterling

2.
v. tr. - banke løs på, knuse, pulverisere
v. intr. - dundre, hamre
n. - hamren, hårdt slag

3.
n. - indelukke (for bortløbne husdyr)
v. tr. - lukke inde i en fold

Nederlands (Dutch)
pond (0, 454 kg), munteenheid, geld ter waarde van een pond, kooi (vooral voor onbeheerde dieren), ruimte voor kreeft, plaats waar levende kreeft wordt verkocht, bonzen, verpulveren, (fijn)stampen

Français (French)
1.
n. - (Mes) livre (= 453,6 g), (GB) unité monétaire

idioms:

• pound of flesh    livre de viande
• pound sterling    livre sterling

2.
v. tr. - (Culin) piler, broyer, concasser, aplatir (de la viande), battre, pilonner (une artillerie)
v. intr. - marteler, battre, frapper/taper dur, monter/descendre d'un pas lourd, palpiter
n. - coup violent, cognement, action de cogner

idioms:

• pound something out    faire ressortir (rythme, air), pondre (qch) sur une machine à écrire, (Culin) aplatir (un steak)
• pound the beat    faire sa ronde (un policier)
• pound the pavement    battre le pavé (à la recherche d'un emploi)

3.
n. - fourrière
v. tr. - mettre (un animal) en fourrière

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Pfund

idioms:

• pound of flesh    jmds. Recht (das anderen Unannehmlichkeiten verursacht)
• pound sterling    Pfund Sterling

2.
v. - stampfen, schlagen, zerstoßen, herumhämmern, beschießen
n. - schwerer Stoß

idioms:

• pound something out    hämmern
• pound the beat    zu Fuß die Runde machen
• pound the pavement    Arbeit suchen

3.
n. - Pfandstall
v. - einsperren

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - λίρα (στερλίνα), λίβρα, μάντρα, περίβολος
v. - χτυπώ, κοπανώ, λειοτριβώ, κονιοποιώ, συντρίβω, λιώνω, σφυροκοπώ

idioms:

• pound of flesh    υπερβολική (αν και θεμιτή) απαίτηση
• pound sterling    (οικον.) (λίρα) στερλίνα

Italiano (Italian)
palpitare, pestare, tempestare di colpi, triturare

idioms:

• pound of flesh    fino all'ultimo centesimo
• pound sterling    lira sterlina

Português (Portuguese)
n. - libra (f), pancada (f)
v. - pesar, socar, triturar, encurralar, martelar, andar pesadamente

idioms:

• pound of flesh    dívida cobrada com severidade
• pound sterling    libra esterlina

Русский (Russian)
колотить, биться, фунт

idioms:

• pound of flesh    фунт мяса, безжалостно требовать плату
• pound sterling    фунт стерлингов

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - libra

idioms:

• pound of flesh    libra de carne
• pound sterling    libra esterlina

2.
v. tr. - palpitar, latir con fuerza, aporrear, golpear, machacar, martillar
v. intr. - trabajar duro, latir con violencia, andar, bailar pesadamente
n. - golpe, contusión, prisión, encierro, depósito

idioms:

• pound something out    (fig.) obtener algo a golpes (e.g. aporrear una melodía en el piano)
• pound the beat    caminar por un precinto
• pound the pavement    patear las calles buscando un empleo

3.
n. - perrera
v. tr. - encerrar un animal en la perrera

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (skål)pund = 454 gr., pund = 100 pence, fålla, inhägnad, dunkande, uppställningsplats (f beslagtagna bilar)
v. - stänga in, ställa upp, dunka, stöta, krossa, banka, klampa

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 磅, 镑, 英镑, 英镑的汇率

idioms:

• pound of flesh    合法但极不合理的要求
• pound sterling    英镑

2. 捣碎, 敲打, 猛击, 灌输, 剧跳, 脚步沉重地走, 重击, 重击声

3. 动物收容所, 走失动物认领栏, 汽车扣押场, 牲畜栏, 拘留处, 监禁所, 把关在栏内, 拘留, 监禁, 扣押

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. tr. - 搗碎, 敲打, 猛擊, 灌輸
v. intr. - 猛擊, 劇跳, 敲打, 腳步沈重地走
n. - 重擊, 重擊聲

2.
n. - 磅, 鎊, 英鎊, 英鎊的匯率

idioms:

• pound of flesh    合法但極不合理的要求
• pound sterling    英鎊

3.
n. - 動物收容所, 走失動物認領欄, 汽車扣押場, 牲畜欄, 拘留處, 監禁所
v. tr. - 把關在欄內, 拘留, 監禁, 扣押

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 타격 , 연타, 강타

2.
v. tr. - 탕탕치다, 사정없이 치다
v. intr. - 세게 두드리다, 마구 치다
n. - 파운드

3.
n. - 울(타리), (압수물의) 유치소, 짐승우리
v. tr. - (동물을) 울타리에 가두다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ポンド, 英国の貨幣制度, ポンド相場, 動物収容所, 放置自動車保管所
v. - 強く打つ, 突き砕く, ドシンドシンと歩く, 激しく鼓動する

idioms:

• pound of flesh    ひどい要求, 致命的な代償
• pound sterling    ポンド

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الباوند : رطل اكليزي, جنيه انكليزي, ضربه أو لكمه قويه, زريبه, صوت السحن أو الضربه (فعل) يمشي محدثا صوت, يكد, يعمل من غير كلل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮לירה שטרלינג (לי"ש), ליטרה או ליברה - כ-054 גרם (בריטניה)‬
v. tr. - ‮היכה, כתש, דפק, ניפץ, הלם‬
v. intr. - ‮שעט, נע בכבדות, הלם חזק (לב)‬
n. - ‮חבטה, מכה‬
n. - ‮גדרה לחיות תועות או למכוניות שנגררו, גדרת בקר‬
v. tr. - ‮כלא חיה במכלאה, הכניס פרות לגדרה‬

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