/maʊnd/
OriginFrom 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”).
Cognate with Old Frisian mund (“guardianship”), Old High German munt (“hand, protection”) (German Mündel (“ward”), Vormund (“a guardian”)), Old Norse mund (“hand”) (Icelandic mund), Middle Dutch mond (“protection”), and possibly Latin manus (“hand”), Ancient Greek μάρη (márē, “hand”). Not related to mount.
- An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense
- A natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll.
- Elevated area of dirt upon which the pitcher stands to pitch.
“The pitcher was waiting at the mound.”
- A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones, and surmounted with a cross.
- figuratively, obsoleteA hand.
- obsoleteA protection; restraint; curb.
- obsoleteA helmet.
- obsoleteMight; size.
- a large amount of something.
- transitiveTo fortify with a mound; add a barrier, rampart, etc. to.
- transitiveTo 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.”
- intransitiveTo form a mound.
“When a wave mounds on the outside and takes its shape, a surfer quickly paddles to the peak, positions himself in its evolving momentum, swings his board around, aligns with the peak, and thrusts hims”
- A township in Effingham County, Illinois.
- A township in McDonough County, Illinois.
- A township in Warren County, Indiana.
- A township in McPherson County, Kansas.
- A village in Madison Parish, Louisiana.
- A city in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
“Tonka was created in 1946 by a gardening supply company in Mound, Minnesota called Mound Metalcraft, which later become Tonka Toys Incorporated.”
- A township in Rock County, Minnesota.
- A township in Bates County, Missouri.
- A census-designated place in Coryell County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
Formsmounds(plural) · mounds(present, singular, third-person) · mounding(participle, present) · mounded(participle, past) · mounded(past)