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- pronunciation:
- paUnd
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun)
part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
pounds, pounding, pounded |
definition 1: |
to strike repeatedly and heavily.
- synonyms:
- bang, batter, beat, hammer, pummel, smash
- similar words:
- baste, belabor, bludgeon, club, cudgel, drub, drum, hit, paste, pelt, pommel, pulverize, strike
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definition 2: |
to force (something) in or out by hitting or hammering.
- synonyms:
- hammer
- similar words:
- drive, knock
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definition 3: |
to instill by constant repetition.
I'll pound sense into him.- synonyms:
- din, drum, hammer
- similar words:
- beat, belabor, bludgeon
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related words: |
box, buffet, butt, clobber, crush, knock, stamp, thrash, thump, trounce |
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part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
definition 1: |
to strike blows heavily and repeatedly.
- synonyms:
- bang, beat, hammer
- similar words:
- batter, crush, drum, pelt, strike, thump
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definition 2: |
to move heavily and noisily, or with difficulty.
She pounded along the hall.The truck pounded through the brush.- synonyms:
- clomp, stomp, thrash, tromp
- similar words:
- bang, hammer, stamp, thump, trample
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definition 3: |
to throb, as a heart.
- synonyms:
- beat, hammer, pulse, throb
- similar words:
- palpitate, pulsate, thud, thump
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related words: |
clap, hit, knock |
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part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
the act of pounding.
- synonyms:
- battery, hammering
- similar words:
- beating
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definition 2: |
a heavy blow or thump.
- synonyms:
- bang, blow, paste, stroke, thump, thwack, whack
- similar words:
- bastinado, beat, drub, throb
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related words: |
knock, thump |
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derivation: |
pounder (n.) |
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