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pound

/paʊnd/ /paʊnd/
  1. 1
    (bir şeye) defalarca vurmak, yumruklamak, (dalga) dövmek

    To hit something hard many times, making a lot of noise.

    • Someone was pounding on the door in the middle of the night.
      Gecenin bir yarısı biri kapıyı yumrukluyordu.
    • Huge waves pounded the rocks below the lighthouse.
      Dev dalgalar deniz fenerinin altındaki kayaları dövüyordu.
  2. 2
    (kalp) küt küt atmak, (baş) zonklamak

    To beat quickly and strongly, used about your heart or a pain in your head.

    • My heart was pounding as I walked onto the stage.
      Sahneye çıkarken kalbim küt küt atıyordu.
    • After the long flight, my head was pounding.
      Uzun uçuştan sonra başım zonkluyordu.
  3. 3
    (havanda) dövmek, ezmek

    To crush something into a powder or paste by hitting it many times.

    • Pound the garlic and salt into a paste.
      Sarımsakla tuzu havanda dövüp macun hâline getirin.
    • The spices are pounded by hand in a stone bowl.
      Baharatlar taş bir kapta elle dövülüyor.
  4. 4
    gümbür gümbür yürümek, ağır adımlarla koşmak

    To walk or run with heavy, noisy steps.

    • We could hear him pounding up the stairs.
      Merdivenleri gümbür gümbür çıktığını duyabiliyorduk.
    • Runners pounded along the wet road in the rain.
      Koşucular yağmurda ıslak yol boyunca ağır adımlarla koşuyordu.

Verb Forms Regular

Base pound
/paʊnd/
Past pounded
/paʊndɪd/
Participle pounded
/paʊndɪd/
Spelling rule

Add ‑edpound → pounded

Fiilin sonuna -ed eklenir.

Same rule: work → worked · want → wanted · help → helped

Pronunciation of -ed
/t/worked /d/played /ɪd/wanted

Fiil /d/ sesiyle bittiği için -ed ayrı bir hece olur ve /ɪd/ okunur. pounded /paʊndɪd/

Synonyms

Collocations

pound on the doorpound the tablewaves pound the coastyour heart poundsyour head poundspound garlicpound the streetspound up the stairs

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