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mound
mound M0446900 (mound)n.1. A pile of earth, gravel, sand, rocks, or debris heaped for protection or concealment.2. A natural elevation, such as a small hill.3. A group of things collected in a mass or heap: found his keys in a mound of laundry. See Synonyms at heap.4. often mounds A great deal; a lot: has mounds of homework to finish.5. Archaeology A large artificial pile of earth or stones often marking a burial site.6. Baseball The slightly elevated pitcher's area in the center of the diamond.7. Archaic A hedge or fence.tr.v. mound·ed, mound·ing, mounds To heap into a raised mass: mounded the dirt around the plants.
[Origin unknown.]mound (maʊnd) n1. a raised mass of earth, debris, etc2. any heap or pile: a mound of washing. 3. (Physical Geography) a small natural hill4. (Archaeology) archaeol another word for barrow25. (Civil Engineering) an artificial ridge of earth, stone, etc, as used for defencevb6. (often foll by up) to gather into a mound; heap7. (tr) to cover or surround with a mound: to mound a grave. [C16: earthwork, perhaps from Old English mund hand, hence defence: compare Middle Dutch mond protection]
mound (maʊnd) n (Heraldry) heraldry a rare word for orb1[C13 (meaning: world, C16: orb): from French monde, from Latin mundus world]mound (maʊnd)
n. 1. a natural elevation of earth; hillock or knoll. 2. an artificial elevation of earth, as for a defense work or a dam; embankment. 3. a heap or raised mass: a mound of papers. 4. the slightly raised ground from which a baseball pitcher delivers the ball. v.t. 5. to form into a mound; heap up. 6. to furnish with a mound of earth, as for a defense. [1505–15; earlier: hedge or fence used as a boundary or protection; compare Old English mund hand (hence, protection), c. Old Norse mund protection] mound- causeway - A raised path, road, or way across a wet place or stretch of water—based on causey, "a mound, embankment, or dam to retain water."
- tumulus, barrow - A tumulus is the mound of earth placed over a tomb, synonymous with barrow.
- hill of beans - Refers to the planting practice of placing the seeds in clumps in a little mound (hill) of soil.
- moat - From French mote/motte, meaning "mound."
mound
Past participle: mounded
Gerund: mounding
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| I mound | | you mound | | he/she/it mounds | | we mound | | you mound | | they mound |
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| I mounded | | you mounded | | he/she/it mounded | | we mounded | | you mounded | | they mounded |
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| I am mounding | | you are mounding | | he/she/it is mounding | | we are mounding | | you are mounding | | they are mounding |
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| I have mounded | | you have mounded | | he/she/it has mounded | | we have mounded | | you have mounded | | they have mounded |
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| I was mounding | | you were mounding | | he/she/it was mounding | | we were mounding | | you were mounding | | they were mounding |
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| I had mounded | | you had mounded | | he/she/it had mounded | | we had mounded | | you had mounded | | they had mounded |
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| I will mound | | you will mound | | he/she/it will mound | | we will mound | | you will mound | | they will mound |
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| I will have mounded | | you will have mounded | | he/she/it will have mounded | | we will have mounded | | you will have mounded | | they will have mounded |
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| I will be mounding | | you will be mounding | | he/she/it will be mounding | | we will be mounding | | you will be mounding | | they will be mounding |
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| I have been mounding | | you have been mounding | | he/she/it has been mounding | | we have been mounding | | you have been mounding | | they have been mounding |
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| I will have been mounding | | you will have been mounding | | he/she/it will have been mounding | | we will have been mounding | | you will have been mounding | | they will have been mounding |
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| I had been mounding | | you had been mounding | | he/she/it had been mounding | | we had been mounding | | you had been mounding | | they had been mounding |
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| I would mound | | you would mound | | he/she/it would mound | | we would mound | | you would mound | | they would mound |
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| I would have mounded | | you would have mounded | | he/she/it would have mounded | | we would have mounded | | you would have mounded | | they would have mounded |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  mound - (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher standspitcher's mound, hillbaseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"baseball diamond, infield, diamond - the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home platebaseball equipment - equipment used in playing baseball | | 2. |  mound - a small natural hill hammock, hillock, hummock, knollanthill, formicary - a mound of earth made by ants as they dig their nesthill - a local and well-defined elevation of the land; "they loved to roam the hills of West Virginia"kopje, koppie - a small hill rising up from the African veldmolehill - a mound of earth made by moles while burrowing | | 3. |  mound - a collection of objects laid on top of each othercumulation, heap, pile, cumulus, agglomerateaggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a wholecompost heap, compost pile - a heap of manure and vegetation and other organic residues that are decaying to become compostmuckheap, muckhill, dunghill, midden - a heap of dung or refusescrapheap - pile of discarded metalshock - a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field; "corn is bound in small sheaves and several sheaves are set up together in shocks"; "whole fields of wheat in shock"slagheap - pile of waste matter from coal mining etcstack - an orderly pilefuneral pyre, pyre - wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral ritewoodpile - a pile or stack of wood to be used for fuelstockpile - a storage pile accumulated for future use | | 4. | mound - structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones; "they built small mounds to hide behind"hillbarbette - (formerly) a mound of earth inside a fort from which heavy gun can be fired over the parapetburial mound, grave mound, tumulus, barrow - (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombsembankment - a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protectionsnow bank, snowbank - a mound or heap of snowstructure, construction - a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" | | 5. | mound - the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit; "he has played every position except pitcher"; "they have a southpaw on the mound"pitcherposition - (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player; "what position does he play?"baseball team - a team that plays baseball | | Verb | 1. | mound - form into a rounded elevation; "mound earth"shape, mould, mold, form, forge, work - make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword"mound over - form a mound over |
moundnoun1. heap, bing (Scot.), pile, drift, stack, rick huge mounds of dirt2. hill, bank, rise, dune, embankment, knoll, hillock, kopje or koppie (S. African) We sat on a grassy mound and had our picnic.3. (Archaeology) barrow, tumulus an ancient, man-made burial mound4. earthwork, rampart, bulwark, motte (History) a rough double-moated mound earmarked as an ancient monumentRelated words
adjective tumularmoundnounA group of things gathered haphazardly:agglomeration, bank, cumulus, drift, heap, hill, mass, mess, mountain, pile, shock, stack, tumble.verbTo put into a disordered pile:bank, drift, heap, hill, lump, pile (up), stack.Translationsmound (maund) noun a small hill or heap of earth etc. a grassy mound; a mound of rubbish. 土墩 土墩IdiomsSeemound upmound
mound, prehistoric earthwork erected as a memorial or landmark over a burial place, a defensive embankment, or a site for ceremonial or religious rites or other functions. Such structures are found in many parts of the world, but the name is applied in particular to those of North America, ascribed to a people known as Mound BuildersMound Builders,
in North American archaeology, name given to those people who built mounds in a large area from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico and from the Mississippi River to the Appalachian Mts.
..... Click the link for more information. . Sometimes the term is also applied to heaps of community refuse, as in shell moundshell mound,
in archaeology, a mound consisting largely of the shells of edible mollusks. It is a kind of kitchen midden found in various parts of the world.
..... Click the link for more information. .mound[mau̇nd] (geology) A low, isolated, rounded natural hill, usually of earth. Also known as tuft. A structure built by fossil colonial organisms. mound1. a small natural hill 2. Archaeol another word for barrow3. an artificial ridge of earth, stone, etc., as used for defence AcronymsSeeMNDmound
Synonyms for moundnoun heapSynonyms- heap
- bing
- pile
- drift
- stack
- rick
noun hillSynonyms- hill
- bank
- rise
- dune
- embankment
- knoll
- hillock
- kopje or koppie
noun barrowSynonymsnoun earthworkSynonyms- earthwork
- rampart
- bulwark
- motte
Synonyms for moundnoun a group of things gathered haphazardlySynonyms- agglomeration
- bank
- cumulus
- drift
- heap
- hill
- mass
- mess
- mountain
- pile
- shock
- stack
- tumble
verb to put into a disordered pileSynonyms- bank
- drift
- heap
- hill
- lump
- pile
- stack
Synonyms for moundnoun (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher standsSynonymsRelated Words- baseball
- baseball game
- baseball diamond
- infield
- diamond
- baseball equipment
noun a small natural hillSynonyms- hammock
- hillock
- hummock
- knoll
Related Words- anthill
- formicary
- hill
- kopje
- koppie
- molehill
noun a collection of objects laid on top of each otherSynonyms- cumulation
- heap
- pile
- cumulus
- agglomerate
Related Words- aggregation
- collection
- accumulation
- assemblage
- compost heap
- compost pile
- muckheap
- muckhill
- dunghill
- midden
- scrapheap
- shock
- slagheap
- stack
- funeral pyre
- pyre
- woodpile
- stockpile
noun structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stonesSynonymsRelated Words- barbette
- burial mound
- grave mound
- tumulus
- barrow
- embankment
- snow bank
- snowbank
- structure
- construction
noun the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hitSynonymsRelated Wordsverb form into a rounded elevationRelated Words- shape
- mould
- mold
- form
- forge
- work
- mound over
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