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pound

noun as in sixteen ounces/.454 kilograms of weight

Strong matches

verb as in impress; make someone listen

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Example Sentences

Carrillo was 60 pounds heavier than the man and continued to strike him even when he was completely still, prosecutors wrote in the memo.

Or she’s clutching an "ibende" - a long wooden stick that over the years she has used to pound millet or cassava or maize.

From BBC

Pound for pound, dollar for dollar, no Democratic president measured up to the Biden-Harris administration’s progressive street cred since LBJ’s Great Society.

From Salon

Shopkeepers say Edinburgh's Royal Mile has become "lawless" with smash-and-grab thieves stealing thousands of pounds' worth of goods in recent months.

From BBC

He has black hair, black eyes, is 5 feet 9 inches tall, and weighs 180 pounds.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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