♦ pound

♦ pound
♦ pound (1) /paʊnd/
n.
1 libbra (unità di peso, pari a 454 grammi circa; abbr. lb.): to shed pounds, perdere libbre; dimagrire molto
2 (= pound sterling) sterlina; lira sterlina (banconota o, dal 1983, moneta metallica; unità del sistema monetario ingl.; abbr. £1): a fifty-pound note, un biglietto da cinquanta sterline; It cost me sixty pounds, mi è costato sessanta sterline; You owe me ten pounds forty, mi devi dieci sterline e 40 penny
3 sterlina australiana (o neozelandese, ecc.)
4 lira egiziana
5 (mecc.) libbra-forza
6 (fig.) potere economico (o finanziario): grey pound, potere economico degli anziani; pink pound, potere economico dei gay
pound coin, moneta da una sterlina □ (telef., USA) pound key, tasto con cancelletto □ (USA) pound sign, (il) simbolo \#; cancelletto □ avoirdupois pound, libbra di sedici once (del sistema «avoirdupois»; pari a 454 grammi circa) □ (fig.) to exact one's pound of flesh, esigere fino all'ultimo centesimo; pretendere tutto quello che ci è dovuto; essere inesorabile □ troy pound, libbra di dodici once (del sistema «troy»; pari a 373 grammi circa).
pound (2) /paʊnd/
n.
1 forte colpo; botta; tonfo
2 [u] (= pounding) rumor di colpi; martellio; martellamento.
pound (3) /paʊnd/
n.
1 (un tempo) stabulario; recinto per bestiame smarrito
2 (ora) recinto per animali randagi
3 (autom.) deposito auto (rimosse per ostruzione al traffico)
4 (= pound net) rete (per pesci) da posta fissa
5 (fig.) luogo di confino; prigione
6 laghetto artificiale; bacino idrico: pound lock, chiusa (o conca) di navigazione fluviale
dog pound, canile municipale.
(to) pound (1) /paʊnd/
v. t.
(arc.) controllare il peso di (monete: pesandone insieme fino a formare una libbra).
(to) pound (2) /paʊnd/
v. t. e i.
1 (anche to pound at, to pound on) battere (alla porta, ecc.); colpire (coi pugni, ecc.); pestare; (mil.) bombardare; strimpellare: My heart was pounding, mi batteva il cuore; Who is pounding (out) a tune on the piano?, chi sta strimpellando un motivo al pianoforte?
2 pestare; tritare
3 (boxe) colpire forte (l'avversario)
● (fig.) to pound on sb.'s head, redarguire, sgridare q. □ (fig.) to pound the pavement looking for a job, battere tutta la città in cerca di lavoro □ to pound st. to pieces, fare a pezzi (o frantumare) qc. a furia di battere.
(to) pound (3) /paʊnd/
v. t.
1 mettere (bestiame) al chiuso
2 (fig.) rinchiudere; imprigionare.

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