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mound
English
Etymology
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 *mund? (“hand”), *munduz (“protection, patron”), from Proto-Indo-European *mh?-nt-éh? (“the beckoning one”), from *men-, *man-, *mar- (“hand”). 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”), Latin manus (“hand”), Ancient Greek ???? (már?, “hand”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma?nd/
- Rhymes: -a?nd
Noun
mound (plural mounds)
- An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense
- Synonyms: bulwark, rampart
- A natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll.
- (baseball) Elevated area of dirt upon which the pitcher stands to pitch.
- 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.
- (US, vulgar, slang) The mons veneris.
- (obsolete, anatomy, measurement, figuratively) A hand.
- (obsolete) A protection; restraint; curb.
- (obsolete) A helmet.
- (obsolete) Might; size.
Synonyms
- (part of regalia): globus cruciger, globe, orb
Derived terms
- shaftmound
Translations
Verb
mound (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.
- (transitive) To force or pile into a mound or mounds.
Synonyms
- (fortify with a mound): bank, bank up, bulwark, rampart
- (pile into mounds): heap up, pile; see also Thesaurus:pile up
Derived terms
- amound
Translations
See also
- mound on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Mound in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
- Mudon, Mundo
Middle English
Noun
mound
- Alternative form of mund
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haystack
English
Etymology
From Middle English haystak, haystake, hey stak, equivalent to hay +? stack.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?he??stæk/
Noun
haystack (plural haystacks)
- A mound, pile, or stack of stored hay.
- (canoeing) A standing wave in a rapid.
- (programming) The text string within which another string is searched for. (see: needle in a haystack)
- A dish composed of a starchy food (rice, tortillas, crackers, etc.) topped by a protein (beans, cheese, meat, etc.) in combination with fresh vegetables, assembled on the plate by the diner.
Synonyms
- (pile of stored hay): hayrick, wynd
Derived terms
- Hawaiian haystack
- needle in a haystack
Translations
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