(obsolete) One of many locally defined weight measures called pound before the introduction of the metric system, important because of its use in the thriving Dutch maritime commerce; equivalent to 0.4941 kilograms.

(idiomatic) To engage in a futile activity. / (idiomatic, dismissal) To go away; get lost; go to hell.

The currency of the United Kingdom.

(UK) The business generated by providing goods and services to the homosexual community.

A unit of force equal to a mass of one avoirdupois pound times a standard acceleration of gravity, equal to about 4.44822 newtons. Symbol lbf or lb_f.

(idiomatic) To travel on foot; to walk or run. / (idiomatic) To campaign diligently; to seek something, such as business, employment, or answers.

The symbol £, representing the pound sterling. / (US) The symbol # on a telephone / (US) The symbol #, denoting weight in pounds.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pound, the, table. / (figuratively) To vehemently assert one's position.

(US) A dense yellow cake, the traditional recipe for which consists of equal quantities (nominally one pound) of butter, eggs, flour, and sugar. / (slang) A term of attraction or desire

plural of pound cake