Meanings
verbamound (third-person singular simple present amounds, present participle amounding, simple past and past participle amounded)
present singular third person amounds · participle present amounding · participle past amounded · past amounded
- intransitiverareTo accumulate, to mound up, to amount.
CRUFT: that which magically amounds in the Clubroom just before you walk in to clean up. In other words, rubbage.
1959, Peter Samson, AN ABRIDGED DICTIONARY of the TMRC LANGUAGE June 1959 (with 2005 commentary)Synonyms: accumulate, amass
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo accumulate, to mound up, to amount.
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Origin
From a- + mound, compare amass; possibly influenced by amount.
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