mounded over
- adjective
- After the burial, the grave was mounded over with fresh earth.
Examples
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The garden was mounded over with fresh soil.
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The archaeologists discovered several artifacts mounded over by centuries of dirt.
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A soft hill mounded over the hidden ruins, concealing them from view.
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The hill was mounded over with grass and flowers.
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A soft hill mounded over the hidden ruins, concealing them from view.
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After the burial, the grave was mounded over with fresh earth.
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The archaeologists discovered several artifacts mounded over by centuries of dirt.
Synonyms
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1.0
Having something on top or around it
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4.2
To make a small rounded pile
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8.3
An area with many small rounded hills or mounds
Antonyms
How Buried
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'covered by or having a mound formed over it' follows directly from combining 'mounded' (having the form of a small rounded hill) with 'over' (indicating position above or covering). The compositional relation is literal and follows normal English spatial/covering patterns that a B1 learner who knows both words can readily infer.
Etymology
Mounded over may come from the simple image of earth piled into a small hill on top of something, like a grave or old ruins. The earth is a mound placed over the object, so the phrase means 'covered by a mound' or 'hidden under a pile of earth'.