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mound1       [mound] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a natural elevation of earth; a hillock or knoll.
2.an artificial elevation of earth, as for a defense work or a dam or barrier; an embankment.
3.a heap or raised mass: a mound of papers; a mound of hay.
4.Baseball. the slightly raised ground from which the pitcher delivers the ball. Compare rubber (def. 13).
5.an elevation formed of earth, sand, stones, etc., esp. over a grave or ruins.
6.a tumulus or other raised work of earth dating from a prehistoric or long-past period.
–verb (used with object)
7.to form into a mound; heap up.
8.to furnish with a mound of earth, as for a defense.
[Origin: 1505–15; earlier: hedge or fence used as a boundary or protection, (v.) to enclose with a fence; cf. OE mund hand, hence protection, protector; c. ON mund, MD mond protection]
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mound2       [mound] Pronunciation Key
–noun
a globe topped with a cross that symbolizes power and constitutes part of the regalia of an English sovereign.
[Origin: 1250–1300; ME: world < OF monde < L mundus world]
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mound       (mound)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A pile of earth, gravel, sand, rocks, or debris heaped for protection or concealment.
  2. A natural elevation, such as a small hill.
  3. A raised mass, as of hay; a heap. See Synonyms at heap.
  4. Archaeology A large artificial pile of earth or stones often marking a burial site.
  5. Baseball The slightly elevated pitcher's area in the center of the diamond.
  6. Archaic A hedge or fence.

tr.v.   mound·ed, mound·ing, mounds
  1. To fortify or conceal with a mound.
  2. To heap into a raised mass.


[Origin unknown.]

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mound 
1515, as a verb, "to fence in;" the noun is 1551, and originally meant "fence, hedge," now only dial. in that sense; commonly supposed to be from O.E. mund "hand, protection, guardianship" (cognate with L. manus), but this is not certain. Perhaps a confusion of the native word and M.Du. mond "protection," used in military sense for fortifications of various types, including earthworks, and infl. by mount (n.). Sense of "artificial elevation" (especially over a grave) is from 1726.

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mound

noun
1. (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands 
2. a small natural hill [syn: knoll] 
3. a collection of objects laid on top of each other [syn: pile] 
4. structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones; "they built small mounds to hide behind" 
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" [syn: pitcher] 

verb
1. form into a rounded elevation; "mound earth" 

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Mound City, KS (city, FIPS 48750) Location: 38.14376 N, 94.82241 W
Population (1990): 789 (361 housing units)
Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 66056

Mound Bayou, MS (city, FIPS 49320) Location: 33.88052 N, 90.72787 W
Population (1990): 2222 (715 housing units)
Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 38762

Mound City, MO (city, FIPS 50312) Location: 40.13597 N, 95.23425 W
Population (1990): 1273 (628 housing units)
Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 64470

Mound City, SD (town, FIPS 44020) Location: 45.72680 N, 100.06767 W
Population (1990): 89 (63 housing units)
Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 57646

Mound Valley, KS (city, FIPS 48825) Location: 37.20715 N, 95.40397 W
Population (1990): 405 (194 housing units)
Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 67354

Mound City, IL (city, FIPS 50751) Location: 37.08557 N, 89.16305 W
Population (1990): 765 (353 housing units)
Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 62963

Mound Station, IL (village, FIPS 50790) Location: 40.00667 N, 90.87310 W
Population (1990): 147 (63 housing units)
Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Mound, LA (village, FIPS 52565) Location: 32.33679 N, 91.02147 W
Population (1990): 16 (5 housing units)
Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 71282

Mound, MN (city, FIPS 44476) Location: 44.93365 N, 93.66015 W
Population (1990): 9634 (3965 housing units)
Area: 7.6 sq km (land), 5.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 55364

Pilot Mound, IA (city, FIPS 62850) Location: 42.15908 N, 94.01867 W
Population (1990): 199 (97 housing units)
Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 50223

Scales Mound, IL (village, FIPS 67925) Location: 42.47746 N, 90.25201 W
Population (1990): 388 (167 housing units)
Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 61075

Blue Mound, IL (village, FIPS 6756) Location: 39.70067 N, 89.11888 W
Population (1990): 1161 (461 housing units)
Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 62513

Indian Mound, TN Zip code(s): 37079

Blue Mound, KS (city, FIPS 7600) Location: 38.08920 N, 95.00943 W
Population (1990): 251 (153 housing units)
Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 66010

Chestnut Mound, TN Zip code(s): 38552

Elk Mound, WI (village, FIPS 23325) Location: 44.87505 N, 91.68771 W
Population (1990): 765 (267 housing units)
Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 54739

Flower Mound, TX (town, FIPS 26232) Location: 33.02833 N, 97.09267 W
Population (1990): 15527 (5366 housing units)
Area: 83.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 75028

Grand Mound, IA (city, FIPS 32025) Location: 41.82346 N, 90.64894 W
Population (1990): 619 (243 housing units)
Area: 4.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 52751

Wagon Mound, NM (village, FIPS 83340) Location: 36.00288 N, 104.71431 W
Population (1990): 319 (209 housing units)
Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 87752

Blue Mound, TX (city, FIPS 8860) Location: 32.85376 N, 97.33722 W
Population (1990): 2133 (706 housing units)
Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Rocky Mound, TX (town, FIPS 62870) Location: 33.02846 N, 95.03169 W
Population (1990): 53 (25 housing units)
Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Grand Mound, WA (CDP, FIPS 27890) Location: 46.80998 N, 123.01270 W
Population (1990): 1394 (537 housing units)
Area: 8.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Mound

Mound\ (mound), n. [F. monde the world, L. mundus. See Mundane.] 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.

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Mound

Mound\, n. [OE. mound, mund, protection, AS. mund protection, hand; akin to OHG. munt, Icel. mund hand, and prob. to L. manus. See Manual.] 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. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Mound maker (below).

Mound builders (Ethnol.), the tribe, or tribes, of North American aborigines who built, in former times, extensive mounds of earth, esp. in the valleys of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. Formerly they were supposed to have preceded the Indians, but later investigations go to show that they were, in general, identical with the tribes that occupied the country when discovered by Europeans.

Mound maker (Zo["o]l.), 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.

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Mound

Mound\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Mounding.] To fortify or inclose with a mound.

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