verb
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To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
verb
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To strike hard, usually repeatedly.
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To crush to pieces; to pulverize.
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To eat or drink very quickly.
example
You really pounded that beer!
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To pitch consistently to a certain location.
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The pitcher has been pounding the outside corner all night.
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(of a body part, generally heart, blood, or head) To beat strongly or throb.
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As I tiptoed past the sleeping dog, my heart was pounding but I remained silent.
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To penetrate sexually, with vigour.
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I was pounding her all night!
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To advance heavily with measured steps.
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To make a jarring noise, as when running.
example
The engine pounds.
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To wager a pound on.
adjective
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Having undergone pounding.
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Inebriated.
Examples of pounded in a Sentence
Her pulse pounded like a drum in her ears.
As she plunged a foot into the last boot, someone pounded on the door.
He pounded on her door before opening it.
Thunder rattled the windowpane and hail pounded on the roof.
He pounded away on the keyboard.
Jenn pounded into the punching bag.
The hot water pounded over her body.
Laristan is famous for the condiment called mahiabeh (fish-jelly), a compound of pounded small sprat-like fish, salt, mustard, nutmeg, cloves and other spices, used as a relish with nearly all foods.
Nishani pounded a fist on the table and made a loud sound that was most likely a curse on her planet.
Her heart pounded wildly.
Pierre pounded on the door with the discretion of a jackhammer.
Her heart pounded and she rolled over on her back, dislodging his hand.
Her heart lurched and pounded unmercifully.
This time when he released her, the blood pounded in her neck.
He pounded his fists on the hood of a car, putting deep dents in the metal.
Her heart pounded wildly as she pressed closer.
Quinn lit the large stove to stave off the cold as rain pounded the metal roof above us.
As he worked his way back up her neck, her heart pounded wildly - and then his lips were on hers, warm and questioning.
It ex pounded in terse and significant teaching the doctrine (1) of God, (2) of original sin, (3) of the Son of God, (4) of justification..
One smote the threshold with an axe, another with a pestle, the third swept it with a broom - three symbols of culture (for trees were hewn down with the axe, grain pounded with the pestle, and the fruits of the field swept up with the broom) which Silvanus could not endure.
A mixture of pounded brick, clay and ashes was then ground finely in water to the consistence of cream, and successive coats of this mixture were then applied with a brush, till a second skin was formed all over the wax, fitting closely into every line and depression of the modelling.
The inner bark is twisted into ropes, and, like that of the spruce, is kiln dried, ground up, and mixed with meal in times of scarcity; in Kamchatka it is macerated in water, then pounded, and made into a kind of substitute for bread without any admixture of flour.
As made by the Indians it was composed of the lean parts of the meat, dried in the sun, and pounded or shredded and mixed into a paste with melted fat.
In many satires the philosophers were pounded, as in the " Burial of Menippus " and " Concerning the Sects " (IIEpi aipeahwv).
In preparing the rice for use it is pounded in a wooden mortar to remove the husk, this work being almost always done by the women.
Czerno pounded on the door.
During the short drive to Lydia Larkin's quarters, Dean's brain pounded with the question of the siren that preceded the horrible accident—and his glimpse of a white vehicle.
Rage pounded through his body and he threw himself into the air, relishing the pain the shapeshifting brought.
Like Baggy Point, this is a surfing beach pounded by rolling Atlantic breakers.
There was a compressed peel of thunder as eight powerful hooves pounded across the wooden drawbridge.
I had a strange feeling in my head, my heart pounded wildly.
A deserted stone jetty swung out into a small bay with several offshore rocks over which a heavy swell pounded.
While they are being pounded by a fierce storm, clutching the life raft, he is shooting at them like sitting ducks.
His heart pounded in his chest, and he tried to look nonchalant.
His headache pounded, tangled skeins of explosive truth binding him.
It is pounded with an ivory or wood mallet which may be incised with cross-hatch or linear grooves to produce a subtle textured surface.
It is said that Nicocreon, tyrant of Cyprus, commanded him to be pounded to death in a mortar, and that he endured this torture with fortitude; but the story is doubtful, having no earlier authority than Cicero.
Blood pounded in his ears, and he found he was trembling uncontrollably.
Its warplanes pounded parts of the eastern Bekaa Valley.
Resorts in California get pounded with Sierra Cement, or dense snow with high water content, while resorts in Utah and Colorado enjoy drier snow, called Champagne Powder.
Blair pounded the pavement, stopping in at local clothing stores only to sell a single black raincoat.
It pounded so hard, I think it wanted to reach through the bones, muscle and skin to feel the touch of your fingers.
They said that afterwards, an entire group of the creatures attacked their cabin with rocks and pounded on the building.
Other cultures believe that the werewolf can be cured by being struck on the forehead with a knife, or by having nails pounded into its hands.
If there were two erasers, the chosen student went outside of the school and pounded the two erasers together.
Quint knew he should quell the ire that surged up and pounded in his neck.
Feeling returned with a vengeance and her head pounded mercilessly.
He rang the doorbell again and pounded on the door.
The blood pounded in her neck and temples.
Jilian's men pounded down the hall.