Definition of Mound

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Definition of Mound

Mound

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; -- called also globe.

An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embarkment thrown up for defense; a bulwark; a rampart; also, a natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll.

To fortify or inclose with a mound.

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Mound Quotations

In the White House, you can be on the pitcher's mound or you can be in the catcher's position. Put points on the board. Show people you can govern. Deliver on what you said you were going to deliver on.
Rahm Emanuel

As soon as I got out there I felt a strange relationship with the pitcher's mound. It was as if I'd been born out there. Pitching just felt like the most natural thing in the world. Striking out batters was easy.
Babe Ruth

I'm pretty much the one that goes to the mound.
Bobby Bonilla

To get the feel of how the slider should roll off of your index finger, use this grip and practice at half speed and roughly half the distance to the mound.
Steve Carlton

I owe everything I have to them when I'm out there on the mound. But I owe the fans nothing and they owe me nothing when I am not pitching.
Christy Mathewson

I don't believe for one second that the eye surgery has helped me on the mound.
Greg Maddux

The Orioles' Dick Hall comes off the mound like a drunk kangaroo on roller skates.
Joe Garagiola

He who thinks he is raising a mound may only in reality be digging a pit.
Ernest Bramah

Mound Translations

mound in Latin is tumulus

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