Pound Off (Verb)
Meaning
Partition off into compartments; "The locks pound the water of the canal".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The canal is designed to pound off sections of water for the different locks and dams.
- To access the different levels of the canal, the engineers must carefully pound off each section with large gates.
- The new dam pounds off the flooded area and directs water to the turbines.
- Each section is pounded off by the lock's gates to manually control the water levels.
- Pounding off parts of a lake or canal with dams or locks allows for safe navigation and flood control.