pound
/paʊnd/noun
उच्चारण पाउन्ड
पाउंड
Core word
noun
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[C]
the unit of money in the UK; a unit for measuring weight, equal to about 454 grams
पाउंड
- a pound of butter
- The price of the sweater was twenty pounds.
- The ticket to the museum costs twelve pounds.
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- I need a pound of sugar for the cake.
- He saved a few hundred pounds during his stay in London.
verb
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[I, T]
to hit something hard many times; (of the heart) to beat quickly and loudly
कूटना; धड़कना
- My heart was pounding.
- Waves pounded the rocks all through the stormy night.
- Someone was pounding on the door in the middle of the night.
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- Her heart pounded as she opened the result.
- The cook pounded the spices in a stone mortar.
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
A pound of flesh (something that is owed but is cruel to demand, from Shakespeare's 'The Merchant of Venice'); symbol £ and abbreviation lb (from Latin libra).
Idiom 'a pound of flesh' (बकाया जिसे माँगना क्रूर हो, Shakespeare के 'The Merchant of Venice' से); चिह्न £ और संक्षिप्त रूप lb (Latin libra से)।