IMPOUND


Meaning of IMPOUND in English

v.tr.

1. confiscate.

2 take possession of.

3 shut up (animals) in a pound.

4 shut up (a person or thing) as in a pound.

5 (of a dam etc.) collect or confine (water).

Derivatives:

impoundable adj. impounder n. impoundment n.

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.