📖 Definitions of "Impounding"
verb
- 1
To shut up or place in an enclosure called a pound
"His car got impounded after he'd parked illegally."
- 2
To hold back (for example water by a dam)
- 3
To hold in the custody of a court or its delegate
"to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for safe keeping."
- 4
To collect and hold (funds) for payment of property taxes and insurance on property in which one has a security interest
noun
- 1
An act of impoundment.
🔄 Synonyms of "Impounding"
3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| poundagenoun | (countable) A charge based on the weight of something in pounds. |
| internmentnoun | The state of being imprisoned, usually without trial. |
| impoundmentnoun | The act of impounding. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Impounding"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| impoundmentnoun | The act of impounding. |
| internmentnoun | The state of being imprisoned, usually without trial. |
| poundagenoun | (countable) A charge based on the weight of something in pounds. |
| confiscationnoun | The act or process of confiscating. |
| forfeiturenoun | (law) The loss of forfeit property. |
| detentionnoun | (countable) A temporary state of custody or confinement. |
| seizurenoun | (medicine, pathology) A sudden attack or convulsion, (e.g. an epileptic seizure). |
| captureverb | (transitive) To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem. |
| impoundagenoun | The act of impounding. |
| impoundernoun | Someone or something that impounds. |
| immuringnoun | The act of walling up. |
| impositionnoun | The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like. |
| incarcerationnoun | (chiefly US) The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment. |
| encumbermentnoun | encumbrance |
| empressmentnoun | Alternative form of impressment. [The act of seizing for public use; impressing into public service, especially military service and (most often) naval service.] |
| impregnationnoun | The act of making pregnant; fertilization. |
| imbuementnoun | The act of imbuing, or state of being imbued. |
| impregnantnoun | that which is impregnated |
| immurationnoun | A walling up or immuring. |
| cumbermentnoun | encumberment; encumbrance |
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