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pind.

To impound (as cattle), to shut up in a pound.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/pɪnd//paɪnd/
  1. To impound (as cattle), to shut up in a pound.

    archaic · dialectal · transitive
  2. To confine within narrow limits, constrain.

    Northern-England · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English pinden, penden, punden (also as poynen), from Old English *pyndan, ġepyndan (“to impound, shut up, inclose”), from Proto-West Germanic *pundijan (“to impound”). Doublet of poind. Related also to pond.

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