pound#5 (v)
pound up (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 35
def shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
examples The prisoners are safely pounded
Frame - 9 Somebody ----s somebody
Outgoing links
Verb Group impound, pound
Hypernym restrain, confine, hold
Derivationally related form pound → poundage
Incoming links
Derivationally related form poundage → pound
Hyponym restrain, confine, hold
Verb Group impound, pound

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