# pind

> English word · Verb · IPA /pɪnd/

## Definitions
1. To impound (as cattle), to shut up in a pound.
2. To confine within narrow limits, constrain.

## Etymology
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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/pind