pounds (Meaning)
pounds
to drink or consume rapidly, to inculcate by insistent repetition, to move, throw, or carry forcefully and aggressively, a public enclosure for stray animals, an enclosure within which fish are kept or caught, a unit now in general use among English-speaking peoples equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces or 7000 grains or 0.4536 kilogram see Weights and Measures Table, a place or condition of confinement, lira entry 2, to strike heavily or again and again, to move with or make a heavy repetitive sound, a unit of troy weight equal to 12 troy ounces or 5760 grains or 0.3732417216 kilogram formerly used in weighing gold, silver, and a few other costly materials, a depot for holding impounded personal property until redeemed by the owner, to reduce to powder or pulp by beating, the basic monetary unit of Ireland from 1921 to 2001, to strike heavy repeated blows, pulsate, throb, a unit in general use among English-speaking peoples equal to 16 ounces (about 0.454 kilograms) see measure, a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed animals, any of several basic units of money (as of Egypt, Lebanon, or Syria), the basic monetary unit of the United Kingdom, the basic unit of money of the United Kingdom, to produce with or as if with repeated vigorous strokes, any of various units of mass and weight, an enclosure for animals, to move along heavily or persistently, the basic monetary unit of Cyprus from 1960 to 2008, an enclosure within which fish or shellfish are caught or stored, to crush to powder or pulp by beating, to move heavily, to strike heavily or repeatedly, drive entry 1 sense 1b, the inner compartment of a fish trap or pound net, a unit of avoirdupois weight equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces or 7000 grains or 0.45359237 kilogram, a coin or bill representing one pound, to produce by pounding, an act or sound of pounding, to work hard and continuously, any of numerous basic monetary units of other countries (such as Egypt, Lebanon, Syria) see Money Table
Synonyms & Antonyms of pounds
Synonyms:
- welts
- stripes
- lashes
- cuffs
- bats
- busts
- switches
- larrups
- smashes
- boxes
- slugs
- bops
- haymakers
- fillips
- biffs
- hooks
- kicks
- hands
- plumps
- dabs
- swats
- whams
- slams
- wallops
- hacks
- stingers
- claps
- lickings
- cracks
- thwacks
- swings
- clouts
- raps
- pelts
- buffets
- beats
- chops
- whaps
- knees
- picks
- socks
- belts
- whops
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- sucker punches
- whips
- counterpunches
- right-handers
- uppercuts
- bastinadoes
- counter-strokes
- sidewinders
- bastinades
- crunchers
- lefts
- wallopings
- counterstrokes
- counterblows
- beatings
- drubbings
- pastings
- counters
- rights
- douses
- KOs
- bashes
- body blows
- shivers
- roundhouses
- rabbit punches
- batterings
- kayos
- thrashings
- knockouts
- whippings
- counter-blows
- knockdowns
Antonyms:
No weak antonyms found.
pounds Sentence Examples
- The weightlifter bench-pressed 200 pounds with ease.
- The boxer weighed in at a whopping 150 pounds.
- The cat gained 5 pounds over the winter months.
- The new puppy weighs around 10 pounds.
- The farmer received a hefty payment of 500 pounds for his wool.
- The bag of potatoes weighed a hefty 100 pounds.
- The gymnast performed a graceful 180-degree leap from a height of 50 feet.
- The coin weighed an impressive 3 pounds.
- The overweight patient lost 25 pounds through a strict diet and exercise regimen.
- The elephant calf weighed 150 pounds at birth.
FAQs About the word pounds
to drink or consume rapidly, to inculcate by insistent repetition, to move, throw, or carry forcefully and aggressively, a public enclosure for stray animals, a
pokes, strokes, spanks, knocks, slaps,punches, licks, blows, hits, thuds
glides, waltzes,slides, floats, whisks, breezes, hovers, hangs, poises,drifts
The weightlifter bench-pressed 200 pounds with ease.
The boxer weighed in at a whopping 150 pounds.
The cat gained 5 pounds over the winter months.
The new puppy weighs around 10 pounds.
