impound, pound
(verb) place or shut up in a pound; “pound the cows so they don’t stray”
impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seize
(verb) take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; “The FBI seized the drugs”; “The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment”; “The police confiscated the stolen artwork”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
impound (third-person singular simple present impounds, present participle impounding, simple past and past participle impounded)
(transitive) to shut up or place in an enclosure called a pound
(transitive) to hold back (for example water by a dam)
(transitive, law) to hold in the custody of a court or its delegate
(transitive, law, banking) to collect and hold (funds) for payment of property taxes and insurance on property in which one has a security interest
impound (plural impounds)
a place in which things are impounded
a state of being impounded
that which has been impounded
(law, banking) amounts collected from a debtor and held by one with a security interest in property for payment of property taxes and insurance
Source: Wiktionary
Im*pound" (, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Impounding.]
Definition: 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. But taken and impounded as a stray, The king of Scots. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
