[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to strike repeatedly with great force, as with an instrument, the fist, heavy missiles, etc.", "to produce or effect by striking or thumping, or in a manner resembling this (often followed byout):to pound out a tune on the piano.", "to force (a way) by battering; batter (often followed bydown):He pounded his way through the mob. He pounded the door down.", "to crush into a powder or paste by beating repeatedly."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to strike heavy blows repeatedly:to pound on a door.", "to beat or throb violently, as the heart.", "to give forth a thumping sound:The drums pounded loudly.", "to walk or go with heavy steps; move along with force or vigor."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["the act of pounding.", "a heavy or forcible blow.", "a thump."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a unit of weight and of mass, varying in different periods and countries.", "(in English-speaking countries) an avoirdupois unit of weight equal to 7000 grains, divided into 16 ounces (0.453 kilogram), used for ordinary commerce.:lb., lb. av.a troy unit of weight, in the U.S. and formerly in Britain, equal to 5760 grains, divided into 12 ounces (0.373 kilogram), used for gold, silver, and other precious metals.:lb. t.(in the United States) an apothecaries' unit of weight equal to 5760 grains, divided into 12 ounces (0.373 kilogram).:lb. ap.", "(in English-speaking countries) an avoirdupois unit of weight equal to 7000 grains, divided into 16 ounces (0.453 kilogram), used for ordinary commerce.:lb., lb. av.", "a troy unit of weight, in the U.S. and formerly in Britain, equal to 5760 grains, divided into 12 ounces (0.373 kilogram), used for gold, silver, and other precious metals.:lb. t.", "(in the United States) an apothecaries' unit of weight equal to 5760 grains, divided into 12 ounces (0.373 kilogram).:lb. ap.", "Also called pound sterling pound sterling.a paper money, nickel-brass coin, and monetary unit of the United Kingdom formerly equal to 20 shillings or 240 pence: equal to 100 new pence after decimalization in Feb. 1971.:L;:£", "any of the monetary units of various countries, as Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan, Syria, and of certain Commonwealth of Nations countries.", "a monetary unit of Ireland until the euro adopted, equal to 100 pence.", "a monetary unit of Cyprus until the euro adopted, equal to 100 cents.", "Also called pound Scots pound Scots.a former Scottish money of account, originally equal to the pound sterling but equal to only a twelfth of the pound sterling at the union of the crowns of England and Scotland in 1603.", "(formerly) the Turkish lira.", "a former monetary unit of Israel, Libya, and Nigeria.", "pounds,Citizens Band Radio Slang.a meter reading in units of five decibels: used as a measure of loudness for incoming signals."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["an enclosure maintained by local government for confining stray or homeless animals:dog pound.", "an enclosure for sheltering, keeping, or confining livestock, or for trapping wild animals.", "an enclosure or trap for fish.", "a place of confinement or imprisonment.", "a place or area where cars or other vehicles are impounded ,as those towed away for being illegally parked:I not only had to go all the way across town to the pound, but had to pay a killer fine.", "reach(def26) reach(def26)."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["Archaic.to shut up in or as in a pound; impound; imprison."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Ezra Loo·mis[loo, -mis],1885–1972,U.S. poet.", "Louise,1872–1958,U.S. scholar and linguist.", "her brother Roscoe,1870–1964,U.S. legal scholar and writer."]}]