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hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument;
"the salesman pounded the door knocker"
"a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"
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strike or drive against with a heavy impact;
"ram the gate with a sledgehammer"
"pound on the door"
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move heavily or clumsily;
"The heavy man lumbered across the room"
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move rhythmically;
"Her heart was beating fast"
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partition off into compartments;
"The locks pound the water of the canal"
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shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits;
"The prisoners are safely pounded"
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place or shut up in a pound;
"pound the cows so they don't stray"
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break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle;
"pound the roots with a heavy flat stone"