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IMPOUND

\ɪmpˈa͡ʊnd], \ɪmpˈa‍ʊnd], \ɪ_m_p_ˈaʊ_n_d]\

Definitions of IMPOUND

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

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place or shut up in a pound; "pound the cows so they don't stray"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

place or shut up in a pound; "pound the cows so they don't stray"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for safe keeping.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for safe keeping.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

To shut up in a pen, as stray cattle; confine; hold in the keeping of a court.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

To confine, as in a pound: to restrain within limits: to take possession of.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

To confine in a pound or pen; to confine; to take possession of.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

To shut up in a pound or pen; to confine; to shut in.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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