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pound

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of POUND

1
to move heavily or clumsily <pounding down the road as fast as he could run>
Related Words drag, flop, haul; blunder, careen, dodder, lurch, reel, stagger, sway, teeter, totter, waddle, weave, wobble (also wabble)
Near Antonyms drift, float, hang, hover, poise, waft
2
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner <pounding nails into boards all day long>
3
to strike repeatedly <during the storm the waves furiously pounded the beach>
4
to shape with a hammer <pounding out a depression in the metal>
Synonyms beat, draw, forge, pound
5
to reduce to fine particles <the tablet may be pounded and mixed in with the animal's food>

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