mounding

Verb

mound (third-person singular simple present mounds, present participle mounding, simple past and past participle mounded)

1. (transitive) To fortify with a mound; add a barrier, rampart, etc. to.

   Synonyms:

   bank, bank up, bulwark, rampart

2. (transitive) To force or pile into a mound or mounds.
   • He mounded up his mashed potatoes so they left more space on the plate for the meat.

   Synonyms:

   heap up

3. (intransitive) To form a mound.
   • 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

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