mounding
- present participle of mound.
Example Sentences
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The solution was mounding the road a bit in the center and building sloping stone-lined ditches on both sides of the avenue to carry the runoff away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2024
Taste and season with salt and pepper, then transfer to a platter, mounding it to one side.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 14, 2023
But radar satellites that measure ocean height can also find them, by looking for subtle signs of seawater mounding above a hidden seamount, tugged by its gravity.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 18, 2023
A mounding shrub with a modest suckering habit, the plant produces deliciously fragrant pink or white blooms in summer against pristine foliage, followed by a showy crop of bright red hips in fall.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 27, 2022
They gathered the silver to them, mounding it around, piling it high.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
