"mounds" in the noun sense
1. mound, hill, pitcher's mound
baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands
2. knoll, mound, hillock, hummock, hammock
a small natural hill
3. pile, heap, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus
a collection of objects laid on top of each other
4. mound, hill
structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones
"they built small mounds to hide behind"
5. pitcher, mound
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"
"mounds" in the verb sense
1. mound
form into a rounded elevation
"mound earth"
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