different between pound vs bat
pound
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa?nd/
- Rhymes: -a?nd
Etymology 1
From Middle English pound, from Old English pund (“a pound, weight”), from Proto-Germanic *pund? (“pound, weight”), an early borrowing from Latin pond? (“by weight”), ablative form of pondus (“weight”), from Proto-Indo-European *pend-, *spend- (“to pull, stretch”). Cognate with Dutch pond, German Pfund, Swedish pund. Doublet of pood.
Noun
pound (plural pounds) (sometimes pound after numerals)
- A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 37 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.
- Synonym: lb
- A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (? 373.242 g). Today, this is a common unit of weight when measuring precious metals, and is little used elsewhere.
- Synonym: lb t
- (US) The symbol # (octothorpe, hash)
- Synonyms: hash, sharp
- The unit of currency used in the United Kingdom and its dependencies. It is divided into 100 pence.
- Synonyms: £, pound sterling, GBP, quid, nicker
- Any of various units of currency used in Egypt and Lebanon, and formerly in the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus and Israel.
- Synonym: punt
- Any of various units of currency formerly used in the United States.
- Abbreviation for pound-force, a unit of force/weight. Using this abbreviation to describe pound-force is inaccurate and unscientific.
Usage notes
- Internationally, the "pound" has most commonly referred to the UK pound, £, (pound sterling). The other currencies were usually distinguished in some way, e.g., the "Irish pound" or the "punt".
- In the vicinity of each other country calling its currency the pound among English speakers the local currency would be the "pound", with all others distinguished, e.g., the "British pound", the "Egyptian pound" etc.
- The general plural of "pound" has usually been "pounds" (at least since Chaucer), but the continuing use of the Old English genitive or neuter "pound" as the plural after numerals (for both currency and weight) is common in some regions. It can be considered correct, or colloquial, depending on region.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- Pound (the unit of mass) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Pound (the UK unit of currency) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- crown, farthing, florin, guinea, penny, pence, shilling, sovereign, sterling
Etymology 2
From Middle English pounde, ponde, pund, from Old English pund (“an enclosure”), related to Old English pyndan (“to enclose, shut up, dam, impound”). Compare also Old English pynd (“a cistern, lake”).
Noun
pound (plural pounds)
- A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals.
- Synonym: animal shelter
- (metonymically) The people who work for the pound.
- (Britain) A place for the detention of automobiles that have been illegally parked, abandoned, etc. Short form of impound.
- Synonyms: (UK) car pound, (US) impound lot, (US) impound
- A section of a canal between two adjacent locks.
- Synonym: reach
- A kind of fishing net, having a large enclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.
- (Newfoundland) a division inside a fishing stage where cod is cured in salt brine
- Synonym: bulk
Usage notes
- Manx English uses this word uncountably.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
pound (third-person singular simple present pounds, present participle pounding, simple past and past participle pounded)
- To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
- c. 1620, anonymous, “Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song” in Giles Earle his Booke (British Museum, Additional MSS. 24, 665):
- When I short haue shorne my sowce face
& swigg’d my horny barrell,
In an oaken Inne I pound my skin
as a suite of guilt apparrell
- When I short haue shorne my sowce face
- c. 1620, anonymous, “Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song” in Giles Earle his Booke (British Museum, Additional MSS. 24, 665):
Etymology 3
From an alteration of earlier poun, pown, from Middle English pounen, from Old English p?nian (“to pound, beat, bray, bruise, crush”), from Proto-Germanic *p?n?n? (“to break to pieces, pulverise”). Related to Saterland Frisian Pün (“debris, fragments”), Dutch puin (“debris, fragments, rubbish”), Low German pun (“fragments”). Perhaps influenced by Etymology 2 Middle English *pound, pond, from Old English *pund, pynd, in relation to the hollow mortar for pounding with the pestle.
Alternative forms
- poun, pown (obsolete or dialectal)
Verb
pound (third-person singular simple present pounds, present participle pounding, simple past and past participle pounded)
- (transitive) To strike hard, usually repeatedly.
- Synonyms: hammer, pelt; see also Thesaurus:hit
- (transitive) To crush to pieces; to pulverize.
- Synonyms: pulverate, triturate
- (transitive, slang) To eat or drink very quickly.
- Synonyms: bolt, down, chug; see also Thesaurus:eat, Thesaurus:drink
- (transitive, baseball, slang) To pitch consistently to a certain location.
- (intransitive, of a body part, generally heart, blood, or head) To beat strongly or throb.
- (transitive, vulgar, slang) To penetrate sexually, with vigour.
- Synonyms: drill, get up in, nail, poke; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
- To advance heavily with measured steps.
- (engineering) To make a jarring noise, as when running.
- (slang, dated) To wager a pound on.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- bang
Noun
pound (plural pounds)
- A hard blow.
- Synonym: pounding
Translations
Middle English
Alternative forms
- pounde, pund, punde, powund
Etymology
From Old English pund, in turn from Proto-Germanic *pund?, from Latin pond?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pu?nd/, /pund/
Noun
pound (plural poundes or pounden or pound)
- A measurement for weight, most notably the Tower pound, merchant's pound or pound avoirdupois, or a weight of said measurement.
- A pound or other silver coin (including ancient coins), weighing one Tower pound of silver.
- Money or coinage in general, especially a great amount of it.
Descendants
- English: pound
- Scots: pund, poond
References
- “p?und(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-02-22.
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bat
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: b?t, IPA(key): /bæt/
- Rhymes: -æt
Etymology 1
Dialectal variant (akin to dialectal Swedish natt-batta) of Middle English bakke, balke, from North Germanic. Compare Old Swedish natbakka, Old Danish nathbakkæ (literally “night-flapper”), Old Norse leðrblaka (literally “leather-flapper”).
Noun
bat (plural bats)
- Any of the flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.
- The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.
- 2012, Suemedha Sood, (bbc.co.uk) Travelwise: Texas love bats [sic]
- As well as being worth millions of dollars to the Texan agriculture industry, these mammals are worth millions of dollars to the state’s tourism industry. Texas is home to the world’s largest known bat colony (in Comal County), and the world’s largest urban bat colony (in Austin). Bat watching is a common activity, with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department offering more bat-viewing sites than anywhere else in the US.
- (derogatory) An old woman.
Synonyms
- (flying mammal): chiropter, chiropteran, flindermouse, flittermouse, fluttermouse, flying-mouse, rearmouse/reremouse
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- Appendix:Animals
- Appendix:English collective nouns
Etymology 2
From Middle English bat, batte, from Old English batt (“bat, club, cudgel”), probably of Celtic origin, compare Old Breton bath (“club, cudgel”) and modern Breton bazh (“swagger stick”).
Noun
bat (plural bats)
- A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket.
- A turn at hitting the ball with a bat in a game.
- (two-up) The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them.
- (mining) Shale or bituminous shale.
- 1799, Richard Kirwan, Geological Essays
- bituminous shale ; which miners , if I mistake not , call bat
- 1799, Richard Kirwan, Geological Essays
- A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
- A part of a brick with one whole end.
- A stroke; a sharp blow.
- (Britain, Scotland, dialect) A stroke of work.
- (informal) Rate of motion; speed.
- 1842, Sporting Magazine (page 251)
- On starting, The Nun led at a very slow pace for a quarter of a mile, when the Shrigley colt made running at a good bat.
- 1898, unknown author, Pall Mall Magazine
- a vast host of fowl […] making at full bat for the North Sea.
- 1842, Sporting Magazine (page 251)
- (US, slang, dated) A spree; a jollification.
- (Britain, Scotland, dialect) Manner; rate; condition; state of health.
Synonyms
- (two-up): kip, stick, kylie, lannet
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
bat (third-person singular simple present bats, present participle batting, simple past and past participle batted)
- (transitive) To hit with a bat or (figuratively) as if with a bat.
- (intransitive) To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.
- (intransitive) To strike or swipe as though with a bat.
Derived terms
Translations
References
Etymology 3
Possibly a variant of bate.
Verb
bat (third-person singular simple present bats, present participle batting, simple past and past participle batted)
- (transitive) To flutter
- (US, Britain, dialect) To wink.
- (Britain, dialect, obsolete) To bate or flutter, as a hawk.
- (intransitive, usually with 'around' or 'about') To flit quickly from place to place.
Usage notes
Most commonly used in the phrase bat an eye, and variants thereof.
Derived terms
- bat an eye, bat an eyelash, bat an eyelid
Etymology 4
Borrowed from French bât, from Old French bast, from Vulgar Latin *bastum, form of *bast?re (“to carry”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (bastáz?, “to lift, carry”). Doublet of baton and baston.
Noun
bat (plural bats)
- (obsolete) A packsaddle.
Derived terms
- batman
Etymology 5
Noun
bat
- Dated form of baht (“Thai currency”).
Etymology 6
Noun
bat (plural bats)
- (Caribbean, MLE) Clipping of batty (“fundament, tewel, butt”).
Anagrams
- ABT, ATB, B.T.A., BTA, TBA, Tab, abt, abt., tab
Aromanian
Alternative forms
- batu
Etymology
From Late Latin batt?, from Latin battu?. Compare Daco-Romanian bate, bat.
Verb
bat (third-person singular present indicative bati/bate, past participle bãtutã)
- I beat, hit, strike.
- I defeat.
Synonyms
- (beat): agudescu
- (defeat): azvingu
Related terms
- batiri/batire
- bãteri
- bãtut
- bãtutã
- strãbat
Basque
Etymology
From a reduced form of Proto-Basque *bade (“one, some”), present also in bederatzi (“nine”) and bedera (“same; everyone”). Compared by Eduardo Orduña and Joan Ferrer to Iberian ban (“one”).
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): /bat/
Determiner
bat
- a, an, some
Numeral
bat
- one
Derived terms
- batasun (“unity”)
Pronoun
bat
- (indefinite) some
Declension
Derived terms
- bakoitz (“each”)
References
Further reading
- “bat” in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus
- Azkue, Resurrección María de (1905–1906) , “bat”, in Diccionario vasco-español-francés = Dictionnaire basque-espagnol-français [Basque-Spanish-French Dictionary] (in Spanish and French), volume 1, Bilbao, page 137
Catalan
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -at
Verb
bat
- third-person singular present indicative form of batre
- second-person singular imperative form of batre
Cebuano
Alternative forms
- balat
Noun
bat
- a type of sea cucumber
Chinese
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?b?ad?]
Etymology 1
From English bat.
Noun
bat n (singular definite battet, plural indefinite bat or bats)
- bat (a club for striking a ball)
Inflection
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
bat
- imperative of batte
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba/
- Homophones: bât, bas, bats
Verb
bat
- third-person singular present indicative of battre
Anagrams
- t.a.b.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba?t/
- Rhymes: -a?t
- Homophones: Bad (standard, but not universal), Bart (some speakers)
Verb
bat
- first-person singular preterite indicative of bitten
- third-person singular preterite indicative of bitten
Jamaican Creole
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bat/
- Hyphenation: bat
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
bat (plural: bat dem, quantified: bat)
- moth (nocturnal insect)
Derived terms
- dunce bat
- duppy bat
Etymology 2
From English bat.
Noun
bat (plural: bat dem, quantified: bat)
- bat (instrument for hitting or striking)
Derived terms
- old bat
References
- Richard Allsopp (main editor), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, 2003 (reprint by The University of the West Indies Press, originally 1996 by Oxford University Press), ISBN 9789766401450 (originally ISBN-10: 976-640-145-4), page 83
- bat – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary
Jingpho
Etymology
Borrowed from Burmese ??? (pat)
Noun
bat
- week
References
- Kurabe, Keita (2016-12-31) , “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research?[2], volume 35, DOI:10.14989/219015, ISSN 1349-7804, pages 91–128
Luo
Noun
bat (plural bede)
- arm
Middle Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bat/
Etymology 1
From Old Dutch *bath, from Proto-Germanic *baþ?.
Noun
bat n
- bath
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: bad
- Limburgish: baad
Etymology 2
From Old Dutch *bat, *bet, from Proto-Germanic *batiz.
Adverb
bat
- better; comparative degree of wel
- Synonym: beter
Alternative forms
- bet
Descendants
- Dutch: bet- only in betovergroot- (“great grand-”) and betweter (“know-it-all”)
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
bat
- first/third-person singular past indicative of bidden
Further reading
- “bat (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “bat (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “bat (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “bet (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page bet
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English batt, from Celtic; influenced by Old French batte.
Alternative forms
- batt, batte, bot
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bat/, /b?t/
Noun
bat (plural battes or botten)
- A mace, bat, or morningstar (blunt weapon)
- (rare) A pole or stick used for other
- (rare, Late Middle English) A strike or hit from a weapon.
- (rare, Late Middle English) A clump of soft material.
Descendants
- English: bat, batt
- Scots: bat
- ? Irish: bata
- ? Scottish Gaelic: bata
References
- “bat, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-16.
Etymology 2
Noun
bat
- (Northern) Alternative form of bot (“boat”)
Min Nan
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *bait.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b??t/
Noun
b?t m or f (nominative plural b?tas)
- boat
Declension
Descendants
Old French
Alternative forms
- bot, bote
Etymology
Borrowed from Old English b?t and Middle English bot.
Noun
bat m (oblique plural batz, nominative singular batz, nominative plural bat)
- boat
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (bat)
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bad/
Verb
bat
- inflection of is:
- third-person plural imperative
- third-person plural present subjunctive
Mutation
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bat/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *bat?.
Noun
bat m inan (diminutive bacik)
- whip (rod)
- Synonym: bicz
Declension
Related terms
- (noun) batog
- (verb) bato?y?
Etymology 2
Noun
bat m inan
- bateau (type of boat)
Declension
Etymology 3
From Thai ??? (bàat).
Noun
bat m inan
- baht (official currency of Thailand)
Further reading
- bat in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- bat in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Verb
bat
- first-person singular present indicative of bate
- first-person singular present subjunctive of bate
- third-person plural present indicative of bate
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *bat?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bât/
Noun
b?t m (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- mallet
- helve hammer
Declension
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ?????? (bast?), from ?????? (basmak).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bâ?t/
Noun
b?t m (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- The tramp of heavy footsteps, as in a military march
- 1939, ?edomir Minderovi?, Crven je istok i zapad:
- Napred, sve bliže i bliže, / ?uje se koraka bat. / Glas milijona se diže: / Dole fašizam i rat!
- Forward, ever closer and closer, / the tramp of footsteps is heard. / The voice of millions is raised: / Down with fascism and war!
- Napred, sve bliže i bliže, / ?uje se koraka bat. / Glas milijona se diže: / Dole fašizam i rat!
- 1939, ?edomir Minderovi?, Crven je istok i zapad:
- (rare) The tramp of horses’ hooves
Declension
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bâ?t/
Noun
b?t m (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- Alternative form of b?ht
Declension
References
- “bat” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
- “bat” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
- “bat” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
Spanish
Etymology
From English bat.
Noun
bat m (plural bats)
- (baseball) bat (act of batting)
- Misspelling of baht.
Turkish
Verb
bat
- sink (imperative)
Tzotzil
Pronunciation
- (Zinacantán) IPA(key): /?ät?/
Verb
bat
- (intransitive) to go
References
- Laughlin, Robert M. (1975) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.
- Laughlin, Robert M. [et al.] (1988) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of Santo Domingo Zinacantán, vol. I. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.
Westrobothnian
Noun
bat f
- excrement
- dirt, uncleanliness
Noun
bat m (definite batn, plural baat)
- Alternative spelling of båt
Yola
Noun
bat
- Alternative form of bath
References
- Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN
Yucatec Maya
Noun
bat (plural bato?ob)
- hail, hailstone
Zhuang
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /pa?t??/
- Tone numbers: bat7
- Hyphenation: bat
Etymology 1
From Chinese ? (MC pu?t?).
Noun
bat (Sawndip forms ? or ???? or ? or ? or ?, old orthography bat)
- basin; bowl
- Synonym: (dialectal) angq
Derived terms
Classifier
bat (old orthography bat)
- basin of; bowl of
Etymology 2
From Chinese ? (MC p??t?, “eight”). Doublet of bet.
Numeral
bat (old orthography bat)
- eight (used in compounds)
- Synonym: bet
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