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mound

UK/maʊnd/ US/ˈmaʊnd/ fairly common slang us
noun (5) verb (1)

noun

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a collection of objects laid on top of each other

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4.

structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones

  • “they built small mounds to hide behind”
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5.

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”
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verb

1.

form into a rounded elevation

  • “mound earth”

Origin

From 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”), Middle Dutch mond (“protection”), Old High German munt (“hand, protection”) German Mündel (“ward”), Vormund (“guardian”)), Icelandic and Old Norse mund (“hand”), and possibly Latin manus (“hand”), Ancient Greek μάρη (márē, “hand”). Not related to mount.

Phrases

  • Allegheny mound ant
  • ant mound
  • burial mound
  • cathedral mound
  • charge the mound
  • charging the mound
  • earthen mound
  • fairy mound
  • Mound City
  • Mound in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

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