avoirdupois unit - any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights

oz., ounce - a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams

stone - an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds; "a heavy chap who must have weighed more than twenty stone"

quarter - a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)

British monetary unit - monetary unit in Great Britain

penny - a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound

piaster, piastre - a fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria

Syrian monetary unit - monetary unit in Syria

piaster, piastre - a fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria

Sudanese monetary unit - monetary unit in the Sudan

piaster, piastre - a fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria

Lebanese monetary unit - monetary unit in Lebanon

penny - a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound

Irish monetary unit - monetary unit in Eire

Egyptian monetary unit - monetary unit in Egypt

piaster, piastre - a fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria

Cypriot monetary unit - monetary unit in Cyprus

mil - a Cypriot monetary unit equal to one thousandth of a pound

force unit - a unit of measurement of physical force

poet - a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)

author, writer - writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

enclosure - artifact consisting of a space that has been enclosed for some purpose

blow - a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon; "a blow on the head"

hit - deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"

thrust - push forcefully; "He thrust his chin forward"

walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet"

move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"

pulsate, pulse, throb - expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically; "The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it"

flutter, palpitate - beat rapidly; "His heart palpitated"

thrash - beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all

beat - indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks; "Beat the rhythm"

flap - move noisily; "flags flapped in the strong wind"

partition, partition off - divide into parts, pieces, or sections; "The Arab peninsula was partitioned by the British"

restrain, hold, confine - to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"

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

restrain, hold, confine - to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"

pound up, pound - shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits; "The prisoners are safely pounded"

fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, break up - break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented"