To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller volume or area, by external weight or force.
To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass.
To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding.
To feel infatuation or unrequited love.
To give a compressed or foreshortened appearance to.
To overwhelm by pressure or weight.
To make certain colors so similar as to be hard to distinguish, either as a deliberate effect or as a limitation of a display.
To do impressively well at (sports events; performances; interviews; etc.).
To oppress or grievously burden.
To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
A standing stock or cage with movable sides used to restrain livestock for safe handling.
The human object of such infatuation or affection.
A crowd that produces uncomfortable pressure.
The process of crushing cane to remove the raw sugar, or the season when this process takes place.
A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
A group or gang.
A crowd control barrier.
The situation where certain colors are so similar as to be hard to distinguish, either as a deliberate effect or as a limitation of a display.
A paraphilia involving arousal from seeing things destroyed by crushing.
A violent crowding.
A drink made by squeezing the juice out of fruit.
Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.
An infatuation with somebody one is not dating.
To crush to pieces; to pulverize.
To eat or drink very quickly.
To strike hard, usually repeatedly.
To pitch consistently to a certain location.
To beat strongly or throb.
To make a jarring noise, as when running.
To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
To penetrate sexually, with vigour.
To advance heavily with measured steps.
The symbol # (octothorpe, hash, number sign)
A section of a canal between two adjacent locks.
A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (≈ 373.242 g). Today, this is a common unit of mass when measuring precious metals, and is little used elsewhere.
a division inside a fishing stage where cod is cured in salt brine
The translated name of various non-English units of measure
Any of various units of currency used in Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan and Syria, and formerly in the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus and Israel.
The translated name of various non-English units of currency
Any of various units of currency formerly used in the United States.
A place for the detention of automobiles that have been illegally parked, abandoned, etc.
A hard blow.
The people who work for the pound.
The unit of currency used in the United Kingdom and its dependencies. It is divided into 100 pence. Symbol £.
A kind of fishing net, having a large enclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.
A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals.
A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.