Словарь синонимов английского языка - pound

(v) 1. beat, batter, pelt, hammer, pummel; thump, belabour, dhrash, bludgeon, cudgel, maul, strike, Colloq lambaste, Slang paste, clobber, work over, give (someone) the works or a pasting: She pounded on the door till someone came. It was satisfying to see him pound the class bully into submission. 2. crush, powder, pulverize, bray, comminute, triturate, mash, pulp: The corn must be pounded into a fine meal before use. 3. beat, throb, hammer, pulse, pulsate, palpitate: My heart was pounding, waiting to see if the tiger would attack. 4. pound into. instil, din into, drill into, drub into, hammer into, beat into: Her parents have pounded into her that she must show respect to her elders. 5. pound out. rid, expel, clear, cleanse, empty, purge, beat out, hammeb out: The last bit of stubbornness was pounded out of me at school. 6. beat out; hammer out, produce: The jungle drums pounded out the message that Tarzan was coming. -(n) 7. pounding, beat, beating, thump, thumping: The pound of horses' hooves heralded the arrival of the cavalry. (n) enclosure, pen, compound, confine, yard: My car was towed to the pound, and it cost a fortune to retrieve it.