remound

Verb

remound (third-person singular simple present remounds, present participle remounding, simple past and past participle remounded)

1. Restore the mound or mounds of (especially, a grave or graves).
   • In some soils, mounds made earlier wash down, thus making it necessary to remound in the fall.1916, Economic Entomology: Pamphlets, volume 109, page 1,130
   • [W]omen may continue to remound old gardens for ten years or more.1995, L. R. Goldman, chapter 3, in Aletta Biersack, editor, Papuan borderlands: Huli, Duna, and Ipili perspectives on the Papua New Guinea Highlands, page 275
2. Reform into a mound.
   • Remound koji into oval volcano shape, re-cover tray with lid set slightly ajar, and re-cover incubation box with blankets.1983, William Shurtleff [aut.] and Akiko Aoyagi [illust.], The Book of Miso: Savory, High-protein Seasoning (2nd ed.; Ten Speed Press; →ISBN, 9780898150971), page 181
   • Roll a rolling pin 1 to 2 times over the mixture to flatten the butter particles, gather into a mound again, then use the pastry blender to cut until powdery with some oatmeal-shaped flakes throughout; remound.1991, Fred Bridge, Jean F. Tibbetts, The Well-Tooled Kitchen, Morrow, page 97
3. (rare) Bolster with a restored mound.
   • Watch for wrinkling on the canes — the first sign of dehydration. If this occurs, recut the canes below the wrinkling, remound the plant, and water well.1999, Thomas Cairns, Ortho’s All About Roses, Meredith Books, →ISBN, page 28, →ISBN