English Explanatory Dictionary

pind

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To impound (as cattle), to shut up in a pound.
  2. To confine within narrow limits, constrain.

Pronunciation

/pɪnd/ /paɪnd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pind.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pind2.wav

Word forms

pind pinds pinding pinded pin pynd peynd

Etymology

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.

Derived words

pinder
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