Definition of Mound

1. Noun. (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands.

Exact synonyms: Hill, Pitcher's Mound
Category relationships: Baseball, Baseball Game
Group relationships: Baseball Diamond, Diamond, Infield
Generic synonyms: Baseball Equipment
Derivative terms: Hill

2. Verb. Form into a rounded elevation. "Mound earth"
Generic synonyms: Forge, Form, Mold, Mould, Shape, Work
Specialized synonyms: Mound Over

3. Noun. A small natural hill.
Exact synonyms: Hammock, Hillock, Hummock, Knoll
Specialized synonyms: Anthill, Formicary, Kopje, Koppie, Molehill
Generic synonyms: Hill

4. Noun. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.

5. Noun. Structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones. "They built small mounds to hide behind"
Exact synonyms: Hill
Specialized synonyms: Barbette, Barrow, Burial Mound, Grave Mound, Tumulus, Embankment, Snow Bank, Snowbank
Generic synonyms: Construction, Structure
Derivative terms: Hill

6. Noun. The position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit. "They have a southpaw on the mound"
Exact synonyms: Pitcher
Generic synonyms: Position
Group relationships: Baseball Team

Definition of Mound

1. n. 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; -- called also globe.

2. n. An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embarkment thrown up for defense; a bulwark; a rampart; also, a natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll.

3. v. t. To fortify or inclose with a mound.

Definition of Mound

1. Noun. (obsolete anatomy measurement figuratively) A hand. ¹

2. Noun. (obsolete) A protection; restraint; curb. ¹

3. Noun. (obsolete) A helmet. ¹

4. Noun. (obsolete) Might; size. ¹

5. Noun. An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense; a bulwark; a rampart. ¹

6. Noun. A natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll. ¹

7. Noun. (baseball) The place where the pitcher stands to pitch. ¹

8. Noun. 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. ¹

9. Noun. (US vulgar slang) Vulva. ¹

10. Verb. (transitive) To fortify with a mound; add a barrier, rampart, etc. to. ¹

11. Verb. (transitive) To force or pile into a mound or mounds. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mound

1. to pile [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: pile

Medical Definition of Mound

1. An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embarkment thrown up for defense; a bulwark; a rampart; also, a natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll. "To thrid the thickets or to leap the mounds." (Dryden) Mound bird. Any one of the megapodes. Shell mound, a mound of refuse shells, collected by aborigines who subsisted largely on shellfish. See Midden, and Kitchen middens. Origin: OE. Mound, mund, protection, AS. Mund protection, hand; akin to OHG. Munt, Icel. Mund hand, and prob. To L. Manus. See Manual. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mound

moulins
mouls
moult
moulted
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moulter
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mounanaite
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mounched
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mound-bird
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mounier-kuhn syndrome

Literary usage of Mound

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"Soon the Indians were on the Big mound, the highest peak of the hill. ... The Big mound was directly east of camp, a mile and a quarter distant — a ..."

2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1906)
"mound 53. 372. Flake with prominent bulb of percussion. ... In addition to the above, two flake« wore found in mound 53 ; four in trenching 8. and BE of ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"A mound breakwater, however, has the disadvantages of requiring a large amount of material, and of occupying a wide space on the bed oí the sea, ..."

4. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"Soon the Indians were on the Big mound, the highest peak of the hill. ... The Big mound was directly east of camp, a mile and a quarter distant — a ..."

5. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"So tho wall was raised to a great height, and tho mound roso o;>- ji'bitu to it no less quickly. Tho 1'lat.rans also adopted вот» buch device as follows ..."

6. Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1910)
"From neck of skeleton HI), mound 1. Fig Mb). Tooth-shaped pendant made of ... From general diggings of mound 1. Fig l!l-47l Cn vent-shaped pendant made of ..."

7. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1887)
"This was more favorable to Georgia than the line agreed on by Ellicott and Minor, which was to run at least one mile north of the mound. ..."

8. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"Soon the Indians were on the Big mound, the highest peak of the hill. ... The Big mound was directly east of camp, a mile and a quarter distant — a ..."

9. Report of the Annual Meeting (1906)
"mound 53. 372. Flake with prominent bulb of percussion. ... In addition to the above, two flake« wore found in mound 53 ; four in trenching 8. and BE of ..."

10. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"A mound breakwater, however, has the disadvantages of requiring a large amount of material, and of occupying a wide space on the bed oí the sea, ..."

11. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"Soon the Indians were on the Big mound, the highest peak of the hill. ... The Big mound was directly east of camp, a mile and a quarter distant — a ..."

12. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"So tho wall was raised to a great height, and tho mound roso o;>- ji'bitu to it no less quickly. Tho 1'lat.rans also adopted вот» buch device as follows ..."

13. Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1910)
"From neck of skeleton HI), mound 1. Fig Mb). Tooth-shaped pendant made of ... From general diggings of mound 1. Fig l!l-47l Cn vent-shaped pendant made of ..."

14. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1887)
"This was more favorable to Georgia than the line agreed on by Ellicott and Minor, which was to run at least one mile north of the mound. ..."

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