Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to mound
Participle: mounded
Gerund: mounding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | mound |
| you | mound |
| he;she;it | mounds |
| we | mound |
| you | mound |
| they | mound |
Perfect
| I | have mounded |
| you | have mounded |
| he;she;it | has mounded |
| we | have mounded |
| you | have mounded |
| they | have mounded |
Past
| I | mounded |
| you | mounded |
| he;she;it | mounded |
| we | mounded |
| you | mounded |
| they | mounded |
Pluperfect
| I | had mounded |
| you | had mounded |
| he;she;it | had mounded |
| we | had mounded |
| you | had mounded |
| they | had mounded |
Future
| I | will mound |
| you | will mound |
| he;she;it | will mound |
| we | will mound |
| you | will mound |
| they | will mound |
Future Perfect
| I | will have mounded |
| you | will have mounded |
| he;she;it | will have mounded |
| we | will have mounded |
| you | will have mounded |
| they | will have mounded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | mound |
| you | mound |
| he;she;it | mound |
| we | mound |
| you | mound |
| they | mound |
Perfect
| I | have mounded |
| you | have mounded |
| he;she;it | have mounded |
| we | have mounded |
| you | have mounded |
| they | have mounded |
Imperfect
| I | mounded |
| you | mounded |
| he;she;it | mounded |
| we | mounded |
| you | mounded |
| they | mounded |
Pluperfect
| I | had mounded |
| you | had mounded |
| he;she;it | had mounded |
| we | had mounded |
| you | had mounded |
| they | had mounded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would mound |
| you | would mound |
| he;she;it | would mound |
| we | would mound |
| you | would mound |
| they | would mound |
Perfect
| I | would have mounded |
| you | would have mounded |
| he;she;it | would have mounded |
| we | would have mounded |
| you | would have mounded |
| they | would have mounded |
Imperative
| you | mound |
| we | Let's mound |
| you | mound |
Verbs conjugated like 'mound'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'mound'
amound,
bound,
found,
hound,
maund,
mould,
moun,
mount,
pound,
round,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- pile into mounds
- pile up
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1515, as a verb, "to fence in;" the noun is 1551, and originally meant "fence, hedge," now only dial. in that sense; commonly supposed to be from O.E. mund "hand, protection, guardianship" (cognate with L. manus), but this is not certain. Perhaps a confusion of the native word and M.Du. mond "protection," used in military sense for fortifications of various types, including earthworks, and infl. by mount (n.). Sense of "artificial elevation" (especially over a grave) is from 1726.
2. 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-West Germanic *mundu, from Proto-Germanic *mundō (“hand”), *munduz (“protection, patron”), from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂-nt-éh₂ (“the beckoning one”), from *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon”).
3. Cognate with Old Frisian mund (“guardianship”), Middle Dutch mond (“protection”), Old High German munt (“hand, protection”) German Mündel (“ward”), Vormund (“guardian”)), Icelandic and Old Norse mund (“hand”), and possibly Latin manus (“hand”), Ancient Greek μάρη (márē, “hand”). Not related to mount.
Sample Sentences
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He mounded up his mashed potatoes so they left more space on the plate for the meat.
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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:]