mound
noun · verbA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 1.
An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense
Đồng nghĩa: bulwark, rampart
- 2.
A natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll.
Đồng nghĩa: earthen mound
- 3.
(baseball) Elevated area of dirt upon which the pitcher stands to pitch.
The pitcher was waiting at the mound.
- 4.
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.
- 5.
(US, slang, vulgar)The mons veneris.
- 6.
(figuratively, obsolete)(obsolete, anatomy, measurement, figuratively) A hand.
- 7.
(obsolete)A protection; restraint; curb.
- 8.
(obsolete)A helmet.
- 9.
(obsolete)Might; size.
- 10.
A large amount of something.
a mound of mashed potato
Động từ
verb- 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.
- 3.
(intransitive)To form a mound.
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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 *mundu, from Proto-Germanic *mundō (hand), *munduz (protection, patron), from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂-nt-éh₂ (the beckoning one), from *(s)meh₂- (to beckon).