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im·pound
 impound
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- pronunciation:
- ihm
paUnd
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
impounds, impounding, impounded |
| definition 1: |
to shut up or confine (an animal) in a pound.
The dog was dangerous and had to be impounded. |
| definition 2: |
to confiscate and retain (property or documentary evidence) in legal custody.
The police impounded the vehicle that had been used as the getaway car.- similar words:
- confiscate
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| definition 3: |
to confine or secure (water) in a reservoir.
Bagnell Dam impounds the Osage River in the U.S. state of Missouri, creating the Lake of the Ozarks. |
| related words: |
appropriate, cage, confine, confiscate, enclose, hold, levy, lock, shut |
adverb + (v.)impound
already, also, even, immediately, most, usually, when
(v.)impound
+ noun
acre,
acreage,
air,
animal,
area,
asset,
authority,
ballot,
car,
card,
cargo,
case,
cat,
computer,
county,
court,
dam,
data,
driver,
evidence,
ext,
flow,
foot,
force,
fund,
government,
information,
insect,
inspector,
jet,
lake,
lot,
machine,
management,
marsh,
material,
moment,
money,
office,
officer,
operation,
owner,
party,
permit,
point,
police,
power,
project,
property,
race,
security,
ship,
shipment,
source,
stock,
stream,
suit,
system,
technician,
truck,
van,
vehicle,
water,
week,
wetland,
withdrawal,
year
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| derivation: |
impoundment (n.) |
The word impound
contains the following part:
pos, -pose, pon, -pone, -pound
Latin
root
that means put, place
  Example words:
appose, apposite, apposition, appositive, component, composed, composite, compositor, compost, compound, decompose, deponent, depositary, deposition, depositor, depository, discompose, disposable, disposal, disposer, exponent, exponential, expose, exposition, expositor, expository, exposure, expound, impose, imposing, imposition, impostor, impound, inapposite, indisposed, indisposition, interpose, interposition, juxtapose, juxtaposition, opponent, opposable, oppose, opposite, opposition, overexpose, ovipositor, photocompose, pose, poser, poseur, positive, positivism, postpone, posture, predispose, proponent, proposal, propose, proposition, propound, purpose, purposeful, purposely, repose, suppose, transposition
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