pind

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/pɪnd//paɪnd/

verb

To impound (as cattle), to shut up in a pound.

OriginMiddle English pinden ← Old English *pyndan ← Proto-West Germanic *pundijan →
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Meanings

verbpind (third-person singular simple present pinds, present participle pinding, simple past and past participle pinded)

present singular third person pinds · participle present pinding · participle past pinded · past pinded · alternative Yorkshire pin · alternative Scotland pynd · alternative Scotland peynd

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

Origin

  1. Proto-West Germanic*pundijan“to impound”
  2. Old English*pyndan
  3. Middle Englishpinden
  4. Englishpind

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.

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APA

pind. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pind

MLA

“pind.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pind. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pind,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pind.

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