pound 8

verbdomain: change

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle

Examples

1.pound the roots with a heavy flat stone

Derivationally related form

pound 14

noun

the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)

pounder 2

noun

a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone