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- [mound]
- /maʊnd/
- /maʊnd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [mound]
- /maʊnd/
Definitions of mound word
- noun mound a globe topped with a cross that symbolizes power and constitutes part of the regalia of an English sovereign. 1
- verb with object mound to form into a mound; heap up. 1
- verb with object mound to furnish with a mound of earth, as for a defense. 1
- noun mound A rounded mass projecting above a surface. 1
- noun mound pile: dirt and debris 1
- noun mound small hill 1
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Origin of mound
First appearance:
before 1505 One of the 26% oldest English words
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
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Parts of speech for Mound
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
mound popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
mound usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for mound
noun mound
- rise — to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
- hillock — a small hill.
- shock — a thick, bushy mass, as of hair.
- drift — a driving movement or force; impulse; impetus; pressure.
- dune — a sand hill or sand ridge formed by the wind, usually in desert regions or near lakes and oceans.
verb mound
- put by — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- pile up — an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other: a pile of papers; a pile of bricks.
- sock away — to strike or hit hard.
- fill up — a full supply; enough to satisfy want or desire: to eat one's fill.
- massing — a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size: a mass of dough.
Antonyms for mound
noun mound
- ditch — a long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.
- valley — an elongated depression between uplands, hills, or mountains, especially one following the course of a stream.
- depression — A depression is a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of unemployment and poverty.
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