to pound
7
8.2
- verb
- /paʊnd/
:
llevar a la perrera
- The town decided to pound the stray dogs until they could find them a permanent home.
Examples
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Animal control had to pound the lost pets to keep them safe from harm.
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In village preparation, the grains are pounded, soaked, sprouted, then dried again before they are ground.
Academic text (1993) -
I stayed after school on a Friday to help her wash the blackboards and pound erasers.
Fiction book (1991) -
By this time, Mokomoko has nearly finished pounding the bark into cloth.
Academic text (1991) -
After the storm, unlicensed animals were pounded to ensure they would not roam the streets.
Synonyms
40
1.0
To put a person or animal into a space with bars that keeps them from escaping
38
7.2
To take and keep something by law, often cars or goods
1
5.6
To put a dog in a place that looks after it while you are away
To put small animals into a cage to keep them safe
Idioms
- Informal
1
7.7
When you start something risky or difficult, you continue and do it fully
Stopping a problem early is better than fixing it later
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Informal
4
8.1
A very powerful person or company that others cannot easily challenge
A unit of money used in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland equal to 100 pence
- Archaic
An old unit of weight used for medicines equal to 12 ounces, about 373 grams
- Specialized
A large net that guides fish into an enclosed area where they cannot escape
How Confined
Surface Forms
Etymology
To pound animals means to put them into a pound or 'holding pen'; the verb comes from the name of the enclosure, so to pound animals is to keep them in that pen.