mound
To fortify with a moundTo fortify with a mound; add a barrier, rampart, etc. to.
» Five pitchers are to take the mound in rotation.
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3 senses(transitive)To fortify with a mound; add a barrier, rampart, etc. to.
(transitive)To force or pile into a mound or mounds.
He mounded up his mashed potatoes so they left more space on the plate for the meat.
(intransitive)To form a mound.
form into a rounded elevation
Examples
8 sentencesFive pitchers are to take the mound in rotation.
Ziri shined his light on the mound of dirt.
What is that little mound in the middle of the field?
ruЧто это за холмик посреди поля? — Karok
deWas ist der kleine Hügel da mitten auf dem Feld? — Yorwba
Ziri walked around the mound and found a wooden cross on it.
It is a two level style round burial mound, 23m diameter (lower level), 18m (higher).
Translations
4 languagesOrigin
From earlier meaning "hedge, fence", from Middle English mound, mund (“protection, boundarFrom earlier meaning "hedge, fence", from Middle English mound, mund (“protection, boundary, raised earthen rampart”), from Old English mund (“hand, hand of protection, protector, guardianship”), from Proto-West Germanic *mundu, from Proto-Germanic *mundō (“hand”), *munduz (“protection, patron”), from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂-nt-éh₂ (“the beckoning one”), from *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon”).
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Forms
mounds, mounding, mounded, moundedSynonyms
6 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle