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as in piling
to form into a pile or ridge of earth
mound the mulch around the plants
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as in stacking
to lay or throw on top of one another
mounding slices of cheese on top of her sandwich meat
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Recent Examples of mounding
These low-growing, mounding plants work well as ground covers, edging plants, or in containers.
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Lauren David,
Southern Living,
4 June 2026
Selections may be mounding or trailing.
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Rita Pelczar,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 May 2026
Lobelia come in many colors and are the perfect companions for mounding petunias and geraniums.
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Gemma Johnstone,
The Spruce,
14 May 2026
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
4 June 2026
Selections may be mounding or trailing.
—
Rita Pelczar,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 May 2026
Lobelia come in many colors and are the perfect companions for mounding petunias and geraniums.
—
Gemma Johnstone,
The Spruce,
14 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mounding
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Castle Rat have begun some preliminary planning and writing for their next album, piling up new riffs at jam sessions.
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All of that felt in jeopardy, the sky falling and losses piling up in April.
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Qualcomm’s High Bandwidth Compute architecture places memory and compute closer together by stacking chips vertically rather than placing them side by side, improving the speed and flow of data.
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The company is most known for its Digit humanoid robot built to help warehouse and manufacturing employees with repetitive tasks like lifting boxes, stacking totes and moving items from other mobile robots onto conveyor belts.
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This also removes excess starch, keeping the pasta from clumping together.
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The drug is designed to rapidly block platelets from clumping and restricting blood flow, lessening the adverse outcomes of a heart attack.
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When the stems reach about 6 to 8 inches tall, start hilling by placing new soil around the stems.
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This process is called hilling and creates an area of loose soil where tubers easily form while being shaded from the sun.
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“Mounding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mounding. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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