mound
noun
a natural elevation of earth; a hillock or knoll.
mounded
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past participleof mound.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof mound.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
moundnouna natural elevation of earth; a hillock or knoll.
Example Sentences
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In the past, they had mounded earth on top of existing graves to create new burial sites, or narrowed existing paths to create more cremation spots.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2024
In addition to identifying forts similar to the walled fortresses Poidebard found, the team identified forts with interior architecture features and ones built around a mounded citadel.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2023
In the distance, a Boswell crew with earth-movers was building a levee, a rising barrier of mounded dirt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2023
Goguryeo’s elites also learned from the Chinese the art of adorning their large, mounded tombs with colorful murals depicting the lives of royals surrounded by dancers, servants, and enslaved people.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Then Turner took a vial of ashes from their own hearth and sprinkled them across the mounded grave.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
