(Britain, Ireland) A shop selling household groceries, toys, gimmicks etc, that are typically priced at a pound each.

(US) an animal shelter where stray dogs are kept

(informal) Half a kilogram, or 500 grams.

Having started something, one must see it through to its end, rather than stopping short; one must “go the whole hog”.

(physics) Abbreviation for foot-pound force, a unit of work or energy. Using this abbreviation to describe foot-pound force is inaccurate and unscientific.

A unit of weight, rarely used except in the trade of precious metals, equal to 5760 troy grains, 12 troy ounces, or 373.2417 grams.

(obsolete) One of many locally defined weight measures called pound before the introduction of the metric system, important because of its use in the thriving Dutch maritime commerce; equivalent to 0.4941 kilograms.

A unit of weight in the avoirdupois system of weights, defined as 0.45359237 kg in most of the English-speaking world since 1959.

(idiomatic) To engage in a futile activity. / (idiomatic, dismissal) To go away; get lost; go to hell.

(idiomatic) Something which is owed and which will be hurtful or difficult to provide; a debt owed to someone who is merciless and demanding.