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plural mounds
An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense examples
A natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll. examples
(baseball) Elevated area of dirt upon which the pitcher stands to pitch. examples
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. examples
(US, vulgar, slang) The mons veneris.
(obsolete, anatomy, measurement, figuratively) A hand.
(obsolete) A protection; restraint; curb.
(obsolete) A helmet.
(obsolete) Might; size.
third-person singular simple present mounds, present participle mounding, simple past and past participle mounded
(transitive) To fortify with a mound; add a barrier, rampart, etc. to. examples
(transitive) To force or pile into a mound or mounds. examples
(intransitive) To form a mound. quotations examples
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.
2011, Rick Hansen, Leadership and The Art of Surfing, page xi