mound

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

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

Verb

1. To fortify with a mound; add a barrier, rampart, etc. to.
2. To force or pile into a mound or mounds.
3. To form a mound.

sinonimi

hill

hillock

heap

knoll

pile

grave

🪦

elevation

ridge

hummock

stack

embankment

bank

🏦

rise

hump

pitcher

cumulus

hammock

pitcher’s mound

bump

tumulus

rampart

drift

group

cumulation

agglomerate

eminence

lump

bunch

batch

slope

midden

motte

mount

mountain

⛰️

pile up

podgy

point

promontory

ream

roll up

ruck

sandbank

sand bar

sand dune

server

steep

stockpile

swelling

tell

terrace

threescore

tomb

tussock

twirler

burial mound

heap of earth

slag heap

make a mound

high ground

monticule

termite hill

earth mound

agger

ridge of earth

earth hummock

soil region

dike-dam

revetment-dike

pillow tumulus

spit island mainland

amass

ascend

ascent

assemble

banquette

berm

bowler

bulge

bulwark

butt

causeway

clamp

🗜️

congeries

dam

dike

dyke

earth

flock

full

heap up

height

hills

hilly

hurler

knot

🪢

levee

make

mass

mausoleum

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/maʊnd/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: mound

Ereditato da inglese antico: mund

Affine Old Frisian: mund

Affine tedesco antico alto: munt

Affine tedesco: Mündel

Affine norse antico: mund

Affine islandese: mund

Affine olandese medio: mond

Affine latino: manus

Affine greco antico: μάρη

In summary

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 *mh₂-nt-éh₂ (“the beckoning one”), from *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon”).
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”), and possibly Latin manus (“hand”), Ancient Greek μάρη (márē, “hand”).

Frasi

Balfour stormed off the mound , yelling at Cabrera as he walked to the dugout .

Balfour si precipitò fuori dal tumulo, urlando a Cabrera mentre camminava fino al riparo.