pound in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for pound in the English»Serbian Dictionary

pound¹ [paʊnd] N

pound

funta f novčana jedinica

pound² [paʊnd] N

pound

funta f mera za masu = 0.454 kg

I.pound³ [paʊnd] VB trans

1. pound (hit repeatedly):

to pound sth

udarati u nešto

to pound the door

lupati po vratima

2. pound MIL (bombard):

to pound the enemy positions/town

bombardovati neprijateljske položaje/ grad

fig the storm pounded southern France

oluja je pogodila južni deo Francuske

3. pound esp Brit esp food (crush):

pound

samleti // mleti

II.pound³ [paʊnd] VB intr

1. pound (strike repeatedly):

pound

tući on - po

2. pound (run noisily):

pound

koračati teškim koracima

pound

protutnjati

3. pound (beat):

pound pulse

udarati

pound heart also

tući

grey 'pound N Brit

grey pound

ušteđevina penzionera

grey pound

novac kojim raspolažu penzioneri

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to be penny wise and pound-foolish

uzbuđivati se zbog pogrešnih stvari

to be penny wise and pound-foolish

štedljiv kod malih, rasipan kod velikih svota

to exact one's pound of flesh

uporno insistirati na svom pravu

the pound closed at $1.62

funta se zaustavila na 1, 62 dolara

a quarter [of a pound] of tea

četvrtina funte čaja

a quarter of a pound

četvrtina funte

pound Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

the pound closed at $1.62

funta se zaustavila na 1, 62 dolara

a quarter of a pound

četvrtina funte

a quarter [of a pound] of tea

četvrtina funte čaja

to be penny wise and pound-foolish

uzbuđivati se zbog pogrešnih stvari

to be penny wise and pound-foolish

štedljiv kod malih, rasipan kod velikih svota

to pound the door

lupati po vratima

to pound the enemy positions/town

bombardovati neprijateljske položaje/ grad

to exact one's pound of flesh

uporno insistirati na svom pravu

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

If we wean a 500-pound calf, that is a cost of $6 per hundredweight.

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The fruit is quite large and averages well over a pound at maturity, sometimes reaching 2 pounds.

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One ounce of milk chocolate per pound of body weight is a potentially lethal dose in dogs.

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He is 17 years old, 190 pound weighty and 6 feet, 1 inch tall.

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Instead, it adopted a decimal system in 1972, based on the lira (equal to the pound) subdivided into 1000 mils or 100 cents.

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By the mid 1930s, many governments introduced tariffs and autarkic policies and the pound sterling lost its dominance as a reserve currency.

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The name lira was used on banknotes beginning in 1973, initially jointly with pound, and exclusively on both coins and banknotes since 1986.

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The primary objective of the flight, to place the 12.95 pound (5.87 kg) scientific payload in the vicinity of the moon, failed.

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But the jewel in the crown is a nine-foot-long, 1,100 pound concert grand piano that takes two years to make.

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Almost immediatelyj after the acquisition, paraffin wax costs climbed from five cents to twenty-one cents a pound due to the Mideast oil embargo in 1974.

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