mound

mound

 (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.

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[Origin unknown.]

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mound

(maʊnd)

n

1. a raised mass of earth, debris, etc

2. any heap or pile: a mound of washing.

3. (Physical Geography) a small natural hill

4. (Archaeology) archaeol another word for barrow²

5. (Civil Engineering) an artificial ridge of earth, stone, etc, as used for defence

vb

6. (often foll by up) to gather into a mound; heap

7. (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]

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mound

(maʊnd)

n

(Heraldry) heraldry a rare word for orb¹

[C13 (meaning: world, C16: orb): from French monde, from Latin mundus world]

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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]

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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."

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mound

Past participle: mounded
Gerund: mounding

Imperative

mound

mound

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mound - (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands pitcher's mound, hill baseball, 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 plate baseball equipment - equipment used in playing baseball
	2.	mound - a small natural hill       hammock, hillock, hummock, knoll anthill, formicary - a mound of earth made by ants as they dig their nest hill - 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 veld molehill - a mound of earth made by moles while burrowing
	3.	mound - a collection of objects laid on top of each other cumulation, heap, pile, cumulus, agglomerate aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole compost heap, compost pile - a heap of manure and vegetation and other organic residues that are decaying to become compost muckheap, muckhill, dunghill, midden - a heap of dung or refuse scrapheap - pile of discarded metal shock - 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 etc stack - an orderly pile funeral pyre, pyre - wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite woodpile - a pile or stack of wood to be used for fuel stockpile - 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" hill barbette - (formerly) a mound of earth inside a fort from which heavy gun can be fired over the parapet burial mound, grave mound, tumulus, barrow - (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs embankment - a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection snow bank, snowbank - a mound or heap of snow structure, 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" pitcher position - (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

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mound

noun

1. heap, bing (Scot.), pile, drift, stack, rick huge mounds of dirt

2. 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 mound

4. earthwork, rampart, bulwark, motte (History) a rough double-moated mound earmarked as an ancient monument

Related words
adjective tumular

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mound

noun

A group of things gathered haphazardly:

agglomeration, bank, cumulus, drift, heap, hill, mass, mess, mountain, pile, shock, stack, tumble.

verb

To put into a disordered pile:

bank, drift, heap, hill, lump, pile (up), stack.

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Translations

رابِيه، رَبْوَه

kupa

høj

Hügel

montículo

buttecollinemonticule

hóll; hrúga; haugur

collinetta

paugursuzkalniņš

stabel

tepeciktümsek

土墩

mound

[maʊnd] N

1. (= pile) → montón m

2. (= hillock) → montículo m; (= burial mound) → túmulo m; (= earthwork) → terraplén m

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mound

[ˈmaʊnd] n

[earth] → monticule m, tertre m

(= pile) → tas m burial mound

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

mound

n

(= hill, burial mound) → Hügel m; (= earthwork) → Wall m; (Baseball) → Wurfmal nt

(= pile) → Haufen m; (of books, letters) → Stoß m, → Stapel m

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mound

[maʊnd] n → rialzo, collinetta

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

mound

(maund) noun

a small hill or heap of earth etc. a grassy mound; a mound of rubbish. hopie رابِيه، رَبْوَه връхче morro kupa der Hügel høj σωρός, βουναλάκι montículo küngas تپه kumpu monticuleתלולית स्वर्ण गोलक brežuljak domb(ocska) gundukan hóll; hrúga; haugur monticello, collinetta 塚 언덕, 작은 산 pylimas, kauburys paugurs; uzkalniņš timbunan heuvel, hoophaug; dynge, stabel kopiec تپه morro movilă холм; насыпь; куча kopa kup, hribček gomila hög, kulle, vall เนิน tepecik, tümsek 土墩 вал, насип تودہ، ڈھیر ụ đất, gò 土墩

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