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Definition of Mound
1. Verb. Form into a rounded elevation. "Mound earth"
2. Noun. (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands.
Category relationships: Baseball, Baseball Game
Group relationships: Baseball Diamond, Diamond, Infield
Generic synonyms: Baseball Equipment
Derivative terms: Hill
3. Noun. A small natural hill.
Specialized synonyms: Anthill, Formicary, Kopje, Koppie, Molehill
Generic synonyms: Hill
4. Noun. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
Generic synonyms: Accumulation, Aggregation, Assemblage, Collection
Specialized synonyms: Compost Heap, Compost Pile, Dunghill, Midden, Muckheap, Muckhill, Scrapheap, Shock, Slagheap, Stack, Funeral Pyre, Pyre, Woodpile, Stockpile
Derivative terms: Agglomerate, Agglomerate, Cumulate, Cumulate, Cumulous, Heap, Pile, Pile, Pile
5. Noun. Structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones. "They built small mounds to hide behind"
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"
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.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mound
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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