pound

I noun

1) ((also pound sterling: usually abbreviated to $L when written with a number) the standard unit of British currency, 100 (new) pence.) funt

2) ((usually abbreviated to lb(s) when written with a number) a measure of weight (0.454 kilograms).) funt

II noun

(an enclosure or pen into which stray animals are put: a dog-pound.) staja

III verb

1) (to hit or strike heavily; to thump: He pounded at the door; The children were pounding on the piano.) tolči

2) (to walk or run heavily: He pounded down the road.) topotati

3) (to break up (a substance) into powder or liquid: She pounded the dried herbs.) zdrobiti

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I [páund]

noun

funt (angleški denar); funt (453,59 g)

pound sterling — funt šterling

troy pound — ali pound troy — 373,2418 g

to pay 5 s in pound — plačati 25 procentov

figuratively to pay 20 shillings in the pound — polno plačati, vse plačati

to exact one's pound of flesh — zahtevati točno izpolnitev obljube

in for a penny, in for a pound — see penny

penny wise and pound foolish — see penny

it is a matter of pounds, shillings and pence — to je čisto denarno vprašanje

II [páund]

1.

noun

staja za izgubljeno živino, obor; skladišče za izgubljene predmete; figuratively ječa; hunting težek položaj;

2.

transitive verb

zapreti v stajo, obor (često up)

III [páund]

noun

tolčenje, razbijanje, udarec

IV [páund]

1.

transitive verb

tolči, raztolči, zdrobiti, razdrobiti; butati, bobnati, razbijati (s pestmi); zabijati, močno udarjati;

2.

intransitive verb

razbijati (tudi srce), bobnati; vleči noge za seboj (zlasti along), klecati (kolena)

American slang to pound the ear — spati

to pound into s.o. — vbijati komu kaj v glavo

to pound away at — delati z vso vnemo; napadati, kritizirati