impound

Other forms of impound

past tense

impounded·

present participle

impounding·

third person

impounds·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about impound

What does impound mean?

impound means "take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in impound?

impound has 2 syllables: im-pound. The stress falls on "pound". In IPA it is /ˌɪmˈpaʊnd/.

What is another word for impound?

Close synonyms include attach, sequester, confiscate, seize, pound. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is impound a common word?

impound is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with impound?

3 words rhyme with impound. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.