mounding
Forming raised hills
Mounding is the act of forming or gathering into a mound—a rounded pile or heap.
Dirt gets mounded around plants, pillows get mounded on a bed, food gets mounded on a plate: She was mounding whipped cream onto the pie.
In baseball, mounding refers to the pitcher's work from the mound.
Structural support column
- heapingOverfull, mounded above
- stackingPlacing items vertically
- amassingCollecting in quantity
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
stockpiling · aggregation · clustering · banking · bunching · collecting · depositing · layering
Minor land elevation
- knollSmall rounded hill
- hummockLow earthen mound
- drumlinStreamlined glacial hill
- duneWind-formed sand ridge
barrow · tumulus · kopje · tor · ridge · elevation · rise · swell
Assigning marks to work
- contouringShaping with highlights, shadows
- terracingCutting slopes into steps
- embankmentRaised earth structure
- landscapingModifying outdoor areas aesthetically
topography · swale · drainage · earthmover · bulldozer · excavator · landform · slope
Covering soil protectively
- compostingDecomposing organic matter deliberately
- soil amendmentSubstance improving dirt quality
- raised bedElevated planting structure
- winterizingPreparing for harsh cold
planting · cultivation · potting · bedding · fertilizing · overwintering · insulation
piling
Structural support column
gathering · stockpiling · aggregation · clustering · banking · bunching · collecting · depositing · layering · buildup
hillock
Minor land elevation
dune · barrow · tumulus · kopje · tor · ridge · elevation · rise · swell · berm
grading
Assigning marks to work
- contouringShaping with highlights, shadows
- terracingCutting slopes into steps
- embankmentRaised earth structure
landscaping · topography · swale · drainage · earthmover · bulldozer · excavator · landform · slope · incline
mulching
Covering soil protectively
- compostingDecomposing organic matter deliberately
- soil amendmentSubstance improving dirt quality
- raised bedElevated planting structure
winterizing · planting · cultivation · potting · bedding · fertilizing · overwintering · insulation
pitching
Delivering toward the plate
fastball · curveball · slider · changeup · relief pitcher · starting pitcher · warm-up
- gardeninggardener, gardening, flowers, seeds, soil
- plant growthbloom, bud, buds, flower, fruit
- Too Muchoverflowing, spilling, flooding, stuffing, cramming
- earthworkdigging, excavation, excavating, trenching, shoveling
- plant traitsthorny, spiny, evergreen, deciduous, flowering
- plant termstree, shrub, vine, herb, fern
moundingflattening
Reducing to evenness
leveling · tamping · compressing · smoothing · depressing
moundingspreading
Extending over space
scattering · dispersing · distributing · thinning · evening
mount, amount, mound, mounting, mounted, paramount, mounds, surmount, mounded