Ascend vs Mound - What's the difference?
ascend | mound |
To move upward, to fly, to soar.
To slope in an upward direction.
To go up.
To succeed.
(figurative) To rise; to become higher, more noble, etc.
(obsolete, anatomy, measurement, figuratively) A hand.
(obsolete) A protection; restraint; curb.
(obsolete) A helmet.
(obsolete) Might; size.
An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense; a bulwark; a rampart.
A natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll.
(baseball) Elevated area of dirt upon which the pitcher stands to pitch.
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.
(US, vulgar, slang) The mons veneris.
To fortify with a mound; add a barrier, rampart, etc. to.
To force or pile into a mound or mounds.
As a verb ascend
is to move upward, to fly, to soar.As a noun mound is
moon.ascend
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(wikipedia ascend)Verb
(en verb)- He ascended to heaven upon a cloud.
- The road ascends the mountain.
- You ascend the stairs and take a right.
- She ascended the throne when her mother abdicated.
- Our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity.
Antonyms
* descendExternal links
* *Anagrams
* ----mound
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Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (part of regalia) globus cruciger, globe, orbDerived terms
* (l)Verb
(en verb)- He mounded up his mashed potatoes so they left more space on the plate for the meat.