mound

See also: Mound

English

Etymology

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-Germanic *mundō ‎(“hand”), *munduz ‎(“protection, patron”), from Proto-Indo-European *men-, *man-, *mar- ‎(“hand”). Cognate with Old Frisian mund ‎(“guardianship”), Old High German munt ‎(“hand, protection”) (German Mündel ‎(“ward”), Vormund ‎(“a guardian”)), Old Norse mund ‎(“hand”) (Icelandic mund), Middle Dutch mond ‎(“protection”), Latin manus ‎(“hand”), Ancient Greek μάρη ‎(márē, “hand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʊnd/
• Rhymes: -aʊnd

Noun

Mounds of salt

mound ‎(plural mounds)

1. (obsolete, anatomy, measurement, figuratively) A hand.
2. (obsolete) A protection; restraint; curb.
3. (obsolete) A helmet.
4. (obsolete) Might; size.
5. An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense; a bulwark; a rampart.
6. A natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll.
7. (baseball) Elevated area of dirt upon which the pitcher stands to pitch.
8. 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.
9. (US, vulgar, slang) The mons veneris.

Synonyms

• (part of regalia): globus cruciger, globe, orb

Derived terms

• shaftmound

Translations

artificial elevation of earth

• Arabic:

  Moroccan Arabic: عرّام m ‎(ʕərram)

• Catalan: mota (ca) f, túmul m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 土堆 (zh) ‎(tǔduī), 堆 (zh) ‎(duī)

• Dutch: terp (nl) m
• Finnish: keko (fi), kasa (fi), valli (fi), penkka
• German: Erdhügel m, Erdwall (de) m
• Italian: terrapieno (it) m, tumulo (it) m, cumulo (it) m, monticello m
• Japanese: 塚 (ja) ‎(つか, tsuka), マウンド ‎(maundo)
• Latin: tumulus m

• Maori: toropuke
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Navajo: dah yiskʼid
• Persian: تپه (fa) ‎(tappe), کومه (fa) ‎(kume)
• Polish: kopiec (pl) m
• Portuguese: pilha (pt) f, monte (pt) m
• Russian: на́сыпь (ru) f ‎(násypʹ), холм (ru) m ‎(xolm)
• Spanish: túmulo (es) m, montículo (es) m
• Turkish: yığın (tr), öbek (tr), höyük (tr)
• Venetian: chipa (vec) f
• Walloon: hopea (wa) m, moncea (wa) m

natural elevation

• Arabic:

  Moroccan Arabic: كدية f ‎(kədya)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 丘 (zh) ‎(qiū)

• Dutch: heuvel (nl)
• Finnish: kukkula (fi), kumpu (fi), kumpare (fi)
• French: colline (fr) f
• German: Hügel (de) m
• Italian: collinetta f

• Japanese: 塚 (ja) ‎(つか, tsuka)
• Persian: تپه (fa) ‎(tappe)
• Portuguese: monte (pt) m
• Romanian: movilă (ro) f
• Russian: курга́н (ru) m ‎(kurgán), холм (ru) m ‎(xolm)
• Spanish: montículo (es) m
• Turkish: tepecik (tr), tümsek (tr)
• Walloon: tiene (wa) m, tier (wa) m, croupet (wa) m

baseball term

• Finnish: syöttökumpu
• French: monticule (fr) m

• Spanish: montículo (es) m, base (es) m

part of regalia

• Finnish: valtakunnanomena (fi)
• Polish: jabłko (pl) n

• Spanish: orbe (es) m

vulva — see vulva

Verb

mound ‎(third-person singular simple present mounds, present participle mounding, simple past and past participle mounded)

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

Derived terms

• amound

Translations

to pile into mounds

• Finnish: kasata (fi)
• Italian: accumulare (it), ammucchiare

• Portuguese: amontoar (pt), empilhar (pt)
• Spanish: apilar (es), amontonar (es)

See also

• Mound on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mound in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.