The noun pound has 12 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (46) pound, lb -- (16 ounces; "he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds")
2. (2) British pound, pound, British pound sterling, pound sterling, quid -- (the basic unit of money in Great Britain; equal to 100 pence)
3. Syrian pound, pound -- (the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters)
4. Sudanese pound, pound -- (the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters)
5. Lebanese pound, pound -- (the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters)
6. Irish pound, Irish punt, punt, pound -- (formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence)
7. Egyptian pound, pound -- (the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters)
8. Cypriot pound, pound -- (the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents)
9. pound, lbf. -- (a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec)
10. Pound, Ezra Pound, Ezra Loomis Pound -- (United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972))
11. pound, dog pound -- (a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs; "unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound")
12. hammer, pound, hammering, pounding -- (the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway")
Overview of verb pound
The verb pound has 8 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (5) thump, pound, poke -- (hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist")
2. (3) ram, ram down, pound -- (strike or drive against with a heavy impact; "ram the gate with a sledgehammer"; "pound on the door")
3. (1) lumber, pound -- (move heavily or clumsily; "The heavy man lumbered across the room")