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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :   [ gazetteer ]

  Mound, LA (village, FIPS 52565)
    Location: 32.33679 N, 91.02147 W
    Population (1990): 16 (5 housing units)
    Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 71282
  Mound, MN (city, FIPS 44476)
    Location: 44.93365 N, 93.66015 W
    Population (1990): 9634 (3965 housing units)
    Area: 7.6 sq km (land), 5.1 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 55364

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Mound \Mound\ (mound), n. [F. monde the world, L. mundus. See
     Mundane.]
     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; -- called also
     globe.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Mound \Mound\, n. [OE. mound, mund, protection, AS. mund
     protection, hand; akin to OHG. munt, Icel. mund hand, and
     prob. to L. manus. See Manual.]
     An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an
     embarkment thrown up for defense; a bulwark; a rampart; also,
     a natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a
     regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           To thrid the thickets or to leap the mounds. --Dryden.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Mound bird. (Zo["o]l.) See moundbird in the vocabulary.
        
  
     Mound builders (Ethnol.), the tribe, or tribes, of North
        American aborigines who built, in former times, extensive
        mounds of earth, esp. in the valleys of the Mississippi
        and Ohio Rivers. Formerly they were supposed to have
        preceded the Indians, but later investigations go to show
        that they were, in general, identical with the tribes that
        occupied the country when discovered by Europeans.
  
     Mound maker (Zo["o]l.), any one of the megapodes. See
        also moundbird in the vocabulary.
  
     Shell mound, a mound of refuse shells, collected by
        aborigines who subsisted largely on shellfish. See
        Midden, and Kitchen middens.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Mound \Mound\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mounded; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Mounding.]
     To fortify or inclose with a mound.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Mound \Mound\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mounded; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Mounding.]
     To fortify or inclose with a mound.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Mound \Mound\ (mound), n. [F. monde the world, L. mundus. See
     Mundane.]
     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; -- called also
     globe.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Mound \Mound\, n. [OE. mound, mund, protection, AS. mund
     protection, hand; akin to OHG. munt, Icel. mund hand, and
     prob. to L. manus. See Manual.]
     An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an
     embarkment thrown up for defense; a bulwark; a rampart; also,
     a natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a
     regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll.
  
           To thrid the thickets or to leap the mounds. --Dryden.
  
     Mound bird. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Mound maker (below).
  
     Mound builders (Ethnol.), the tribe, or tribes, of North
        American aborigines who built, in former times, extensive
        mounds of earth, esp. in the valleys of the Mississippi
        and Ohio Rivers. Formerly they were supposed to have
        preceded the Indians, but later investigations go to show
        that they were, in general, identical with the tribes that
        occupied the country when discovered by Europeans.
  
     Mound maker (Zo["o]l.), any one of the megapodes.
  
     Shell mound, a mound of refuse shells, collected by
        aborigines who subsisted largely on shellfish. See
        Midden, and Kitchen middens.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  mound
       n 1: (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands
            [syn: hill, pitcher's mound]
       2: a small natural hill [syn: knoll, hillock, hummock, hammock]
       3: a collection of objects laid on top of each other [syn: pile,
           heap, cumulus]
       4: structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually
          of earth or stones; "they built small mounds to hide
          behind" [syn: hill]
       5: the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the
          ball for a batter to try to hit; "he has played every
          position except pitcher"; "they have a southpaw on the
          mound" [syn: pitcher]
       v : form into a rounded elevation; "mound earth"

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  mound
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 ανάχωμα, χωμάτινος σωρός
     2 στρογγυλεμένος λόφος
     3 σωρός

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  mound
     n.
     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 (lb en baseball) 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 (lb en US vulgar slang) The mons veneris.
     6 (lb en obsolete anatomy measurement figuratively) A hand.
     7 (lb en obsolete) A protection; restraint; curb.
     8 (lb en obsolete) A helmet.
     9 (lb en obsolete) might; size.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To fortify with a mound; add a barrier, rampart,
  etc. to.
     2 (lb en transitive) To force or pile into a mound or mounds.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To form a mound.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Mound
     Saterland Frisian n.
     month

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  mound
     n.
     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 (lb en baseball) 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 (lb en US vulgar slang) The mons veneris.
     6 (lb en obsolete anatomy measurement figuratively) A hand.
     7 (lb en obsolete) A protection; restraint; curb.
     8 (lb en obsolete) A helmet.
     9 (lb en obsolete) might; size.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To fortify with a mound; add a barrier, rampart,
  etc. to.
     2 (lb en transitive) To force or pile into a mound or mounds.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To form a mound.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  mound
     n.
     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 (lb en baseball) 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 (lb en US vulgar slang) The mons veneris.
     6 (lb en obsolete anatomy measurement figuratively) A hand.
     7 (lb en obsolete) A protection; restraint; curb.
     8 (lb en obsolete) A helmet.
     9 (lb en obsolete) might; size.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To fortify with a mound; add a barrier, rampart,
  etc. to.
     2 (lb en transitive) To force or pile into a mound or mounds.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To form a mound.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Mound
     Saterland Frisian n.
     month

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  mound
     n.
     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 (lb en baseball) 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 (lb en US vulgar slang) The mons veneris.
     6 (lb en obsolete anatomy measurement figuratively) A hand.
     7 (lb en obsolete) A protection; restraint; curb.
     8 (lb en obsolete) A helmet.
     9 (lb en obsolete) might; size.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To fortify with a mound; add a barrier, rampart,
  etc. to.
     2 (lb en transitive) To force or pile into a mound or mounds.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To form a mound.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Mound
     Saterland Frisian n.
     month

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  mound
     Englanti n.
     1 kumpu
     2 kasa, läjä

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  mound
     Engelska n.
     kulle

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Mound /mˈaʊnd/
  التلّ

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  mound //maʊnd// 
  1. насип
  artificial elevation of earth
  2. могила
  natural elevation

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  mound //maʊnd// 
  натрупвам
  to pile into mounds

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  mound /mˈaʊnd/ 
  hromada

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  mound /mˈaʊnd/
  Abwurfstelle  [sport]
           Note: im Baseball

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  mound /mˈaʊnd/
  Haufen , Berg ([+ nom]) 
        "a mound of dirty laundry"  - ein Haufen Schmutzwäsche, ein Berg Schmutzwäsche
        "a mound of snow"  - ein Schneehaufen
     Synonyms: heap, pile
  
   see: heaps, piles, mounds
  
           Note: of sth.

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  mound /mˈaʊnd/
  kleiner Hügel , Buckel , Mugel  [Ös.]
     Synonym: hillock
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  mound /mˈaʊnd/
  
  ανάχωμα

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  mound //maʊnd// 
  1. kasa, keko, penkka, valli
  artificial elevation of earth
  2. syöttökumpu
  baseball term
  3. kukkula, kumpare, kumpu
  natural elevation
  4. valtakunnanomena
  part of regalia

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  mound //maʊnd// 
  kasata
  to pile into mounds

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  mound /mˈaʊnd/ 
  1. स्वर्ण गोलक
        "A small hill on a grass mound."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  mound /mˈaʊnd/
  brežuljak, nasip

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  mound /mˈaʊnd/
  1. mesterséges dombocska
  2. halom
  3. egyedülálló bucka
  4. földbaba
  5. egyedülálló halom
  6. domb
  7. dombocska
  8. rakás
  9. országalma
  10. egyedülálló dombocska
  11. hant
  12. kupac
  13. bucka
  14. mesterséges domb

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  mound //maʊnd// 
  1. マウンド, 塚
  artificial elevation of earth
  2. マウンド
  baseball term
  3. 塚
  natural elevation

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  mound /maʊnd/ 
   1.  kopiec
   2.  kupa, góra

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  mound /mˈaʊnd/
  1. toprak yığını
  2. küme, tümsek yer, tepecik
  3. yığını
  4. (beysbol) atıcının durduğu tümsek yer
  5. tepeciklerle kuşatmak
  6. tepecik şeklinde yığmak. Mound Builder tarihöncesinde Mississippi yöresinde topraktan gömüt ve kaleler yapan Kızılderili.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈmaʊnd/

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) :   [ gazetteer2k-places ]

  Mound, LA -- U.S. village in Louisiana
     Population (2000):    12
     Housing Units (2000): 5
     Land area (2000):     0.243460 sq. miles (0.630559 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.243460 sq. miles (0.630559 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            52565
     Located within:       Louisiana (LA), FIPS 22
     Location:             32.337430 N, 91.025694 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     71282
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Mound, LA
      Mound
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) :   [ gazetteer2k-places ]

  Mound, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
     Population (2000):    9435
     Housing Units (2000): 4118
     Land area (2000):     2.944955 sq. miles (7.627398 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    1.971012 sq. miles (5.104897 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    4.915967 sq. miles (12.732295 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            44476
     Located within:       Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
     Location:             44.934912 N, 93.656080 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     55364
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Mound, MN
      Mound
  

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  193 Moby Thesaurus words for "mound":
     abatis, advanced work, anthill, arch, arch dam, backstop,
     balistraria, bamboo curtain, bank, bank up, banquette, bar,
     barbed-wire entanglement, barbican, barrage, barricade, barrier,
     barrow, bartizan, bastion, battlement, bear-trap dam, beaver dam,
     boom, boundary stone, brae, brass, breakwater, breastwork,
     brick wall, buffer, bulkhead, bulwark, bust, butte, cairn,
     casemate, cenotaph, cheval-de-frise, circumvallation, cock,
     cofferdam, column, contravallation, counterscarp, cromlech, cross,
     cup, curtain, cyclolith, dam, defense, demibastion, dike, ditch,
     dolmen, down, drawbridge, drift, drumlin, dune, earthwork,
     elevation, embankment, enclosure, entanglement, escarp, escarpment,
     fell, fence, fieldwork, foothills, footstone, fortalice,
     fortification, gate, glacis, grave, gravestone, gravity dam, groin,
     haycock, haymow, hayrick, haystack, headstone, heap, heap up, hill,
     hillock, hoarstone, hummock, hump, hydraulic-fill dam, inscription,
     iron curtain, jam, jetty, kitchen midden, knob, knoll,
     leaping weir, levee, logjam, loophole, lunette, machicolation,
     mantelet, marker, mass, mausoleum, megalith, memento, memorial,
     memorial arch, memorial column, memorial statue, memorial stone,
     menhir, merlon, milldam, moat, mole, molehill, monolith, monticle,
     monticule, monument, moor, mountain, mow, necrology, obelisk,
     obituary, outwork, palisade, parados, parapet, pile, pile up,
     pillar, plaque, portcullis, postern gate, prize, pyramid, rampart,
     ravelin, redan, redoubt, reliquary, remembrance, ribbon, rick,
     rise, roadblock, rock-fill dam, rostral column, sally port,
     sand dune, scarp, sconce, seawall, shaft, shock, shrine,
     shutter dam, slope, snowdrift, stack, stack up, stela, stockade,
     stone, stone wall, stupa, swell, tablet, tell, tenaille,
     testimonial, tomb, tombstone, tope, tor, trophy, tumulus,
     vallation, vallum, wall, weir, wicket dam, work
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 土墩,堤,小山;
  v. 筑堤,用土堆防卫;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 土墩,堤,小山
     vt. 筑堤,用土堆防卫
     vi. 积成堆

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