Impound Definition

ĭm-pound
impounded, impounding, impounds
verb
impounded, impounding, impounds
To shut up (an animal) in a pound.
Webster's New World
To take and hold (a document, funds, a vehicle, etc.) in legal custody.
Webster's New World
To gather and enclose (water) for irrigation, etc.
Webster's New World
To set aside in a fund rather than spend as prescribed.
A governor who impounded monies designated for use by cities.
American Heritage
To accumulate and store in a reservoir.
By damming the stream, the engineers impounded its waters for irrigation.
American Heritage
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noun
A place where impounded property is stored, as a lot for keeping vehicles that have been towed by police order.
American Heritage
The process or activity of impounding something.
The impound of the uninsured car.
American Heritage
A place in which things are impounded.
Wiktionary
A state of being impounded.
Wiktionary
That which has been impounded.
Wiktionary

Impound Sentence Examples

  • In New South Wales thirteen thin concrete dams, dependent upon horizontal curvature for their resistance to water pressure, have been constructed in narrow gorges at comparatively small cost to impound water for the use of villages.

  • Also, various issues from the public as they attempt to retrieve cars from the PPA's impound lot are also recorded and aired.

  • At the impound lot you'll find Barb, Mark, Tracey, Andrea, Leeanne, Rudy, Larry, Rob, John, Yolanda, and Abdul.

  • The highest dams of this class in the British islands impound water to a level of about IIo ft.

  • Of these the highest is the Hagglee, on the Ashop, a tributary of the Derwent, which will impound water to about 136 ft.

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Words Starting With

IIMIMP

Words Ending With

DNDUND

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Words Starting With I and Ending With D

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