impound
🇺🇸
/ɪmˈpaʊnd/
🇬🇧
/ɪmˈpaʊnd/
verb
R
When the police or an authority takes something, like a car, away from someone and keeps it in a safe place until they can use it again.
The police impounded the car because it was involved in an accident.
R
When animals like dogs or cats are picked up from the streets and kept in a place called a pound, until their owners come to get them.
The stray dog was impounded and taken to the pound.
translation
When the police or an authority takes something, like a car, away from someone and keeps it in a safe place until they can use it again.; When animals like dogs or cats are picked up from the streets and kept in a place called a pound, until their owners come to get them.
Word Forms
3rd Present
impounds
Past
impounded
Perfect
impounded
Progressive
impounding