mound

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//maʊnd//

An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense

nom

1
An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense
2
A natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll.
3
Elevated area of dirt upon which the pitcher stands to pitch.
The pitcher was waiting at the mound.
4
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.
5
argotThe mons veneris.
6
argotA woman's breast.
[…] the men were now also massaging her mounds, their fingers soothing and kneading while they sucked at her aching nipples.
7
figuréA hand.
8
obsolèteA protection; restraint; curb.
9
obsolèteA helmet.
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obsolèteMight; size.
11
A large amount of something.
a mound of mashed potato

Étymologie

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.

verbe

1
To fortify with a mound; add a barrier, rampart, etc. to.
2
To 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.
3
To 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 himself into its cascading shape.

Formes

pluriel: mounds
passé: mounded
participe passé: mounded
participe présent: mounding
3ᵉ personne du singulier: mounds

motto · A personal slogan.mould · Commonwealth standard spelling of mold.Mould · A surname.

mound · An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense

Mound · A number of places in the United States: A township in…mount · A hill or mountain.Mount · A surname.

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