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noun
1.
a natural elevation of earth; a hillock or knoll.
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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.
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EXPANDan elevation formed of earth, sand, stones, etc., especially over a grave or ruins.
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COLLAPSEa 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.
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Origin:
1505–15; earlier: hedge or fence used as a boundary or protection, (v.) to enclose with a fence; compare Old English mund hand, hence protection, protector; cognate with Old Norse mund, Middle Dutch mond protection
1505–15; earlier: hedge or fence used as a boundary or protection, (v.) to enclose with a fence; compare Old English mund hand, hence protection, protector; cognate with Old Norse mund, Middle Dutch mond protection
Related forms
un·mound·ed, adjective
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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,"
EXPANDused 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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Medical Dictionary
mounding mound·ing (moun'dĭng)
n.
See myoedema.
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