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poul·tice noun : a soft usu. heated and medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to a sore or injury

— poultice verb

poul·try noun : domesticated birds kept for eggs or meat

— poul·try·man noun

pounce verb pounced; pounc·ing 1 : to spring or swoop upon and seize something

2 : to make a sudden assault or approach

Synonyms

usually pounce on or pounce upon assail, assault, attack, beset, charge, descend, jump, raid, rush, storm, strike—more at ATTACK

1pound noun, plural pounds also pound 1 : a unit of avoirdupois, troy, and apothecaries' weight

2 : a unit of weight equal to 16 ounces

3 : the basic monetary unit of any of several countries including Egypt and the United Kingdom

2pound noun : a public enclosure where stray animals are kept

Synonyms

cage, coop, corral, pen—more at CAGE

3pound verb 1 : to crush to a powder or pulp by beating

2 a : to strike or beat heavily or repeatedly

b : to produce by repeated blows

3 : DRILL 1

4 : to move or move along heavily

Synonyms

[2a] bash, bat, batter, beat, belt, bludgeon, club, hammer, hit, thrash, thump, wallop

[2b] beat, forge, hammer—more at HAMMER

4pound noun : an act or sound of pounding

pound·age noun : POUNDS; also : weight in pounds

pound cake noun : a rich cake made with a large proportion of eggs and shortening

pound–fool·ish adjective : imprudent in dealing with large sums or large matters

pour verb 1 : to flow or cause to flow in a stream or flood

2 : to rain hard

3 : to supply freely and copiously

Synonyms

[1] gush, jet, rush, spew, spout, spurt, squirt—more at GUSH

[1] flow, roll, run, stream—more at FLOW

[2] precipitate, rain, storm—more at RAIN

[3] heap, lavish, rain, shower—more at RAIN

pour·boire noun [ORIGIN: F, fr. pour boire for drinking]

: TIP, GRATUITY

1pout verb : to show displeasure by thrusting out the lips; also : to look sullen

2pout noun 1 : a protrusion of the lips expressive of displeasure

2 : a fit of pique

Synonyms

[1] face, frown, grimace, lower, mouth, scowl—more at GRIMACE

[2] pet, sulk, sullenness—more at SULK

pov·er·ty noun [ORIGIN: ME poverte, fr. AF poverté, fr. L paupertat-, paupertas, fr. pauper poor]

1 : lack of money or material possessions : WANT

2 : poor quality (as of soil)

3 : meagerness of supply

Synonyms

[1] beggary, destitution, impecuniousness, impoverishment, indigence, need, pauperism, penury, want; also misery, woe, wretchedness; exigency, necessity; austerity, deprivation, privation; bankruptcy, insolvency; belt-tightening, pinching, straitening

Antonyms

affluence, opulence, richness

[3] dearth, deficiency, deficit, failure, famine, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, paucity, scantiness, scarcity, shortage, want—more at DEFICIENCY

poverty line noun : a level of personal or family income below which one is classified as poor according to government standards

pov·er·ty–strick·en adjective : very poor : DESTITUTE

Synonyms

broke, destitute, impecunious, indigent, needy, penniless, penurious, poor—more at POOR

POW noun : PRISONER OF WAR

1powder noun [ORIGIN: ME poudre, fr. AF pudre, podre, fr. L pulver-, pulvis dust]

1 : dry material made up of fine particles; also : a usu. medicinal or cosmetic preparation in this form

2 : a solid explosive (as gunpowder)

2powder verb 1 : to sprinkle or cover with or as if with powder

2 : to reduce to powder

Synonyms

atomize, crush, grind, pulverize; also grate; crumble, crunch; break, bust, dash, fracture, fragment; shatter, smash, splinter; mill

powder room noun : a rest room for women

pow·dery adjective : resembling or consisting of powder

Synonyms

dusty, fine, floury—more at FINE

1power noun 1 : the ability to act or produce an effect

2 : a position of ascendancy over others : AUTHORITY

3 : one that has control or authority; especially : a sovereign state

4 : physical might; also : mental or moral vigor

5 : the number of times as indicated by an exponent a number is to be multiplied by itself; also : the