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remound

Verb CEFR B1
ɹɪˈmaʊnd

Definitions

  1. simple past and past participle of remind
    form-of, nonce-word, nonstandard, participle, past, rare
  2. Restore the mound or mounds of (especially, a grave or graves).
  3. Reform into a mound.
  4. Bolster with a restored mound.

Examples

“[W]hat should we now think⟳ of the grammar which should run⟳ thus: 1. pret. I fighted, thou fightedst, &c. 2d pret. I fought, &c. And again, 1st pret. I reminded, &c. 2d pret. I remound?”
“1918, The Judge⟳ (Judge⟳ Publishing Company), volume 75, page unknown I find⟳ — that is to say⟳, I’ve found — That when one knows “sink⟳, sank and sunken,” He soon is strenuously remound He mustn’t say⟳ “blink, blank and blunken.””
“In some soils, mounds made earlier wash⟳ down, thus making it necessary to remound in the fall⟳.”
“[W]omen may continue⟳ to remound old gardens for ten years or more.”
“He drove the spade into the earth mounded atop the grave and leaning his weight into the work⟳ began to remound the earth in a pile next the grave.”
“Remound koji into oval volcano shape⟳, re-cover tray with lid set⟳ slightly ajar, and re-cover incubation box with blankets.”
“Roll a rolling pin 1 to 2 times over the mixture to flatten the butter particles, gather into a mound again, then use⟳ the pastry blender to cut⟳ until powdery with some oatmeal-shaped flakes throughout; remound.”
“As the plant⟳ grows, move⟳ the tube upward and remound the dirt to cover⟳ the base⟳ and the blanched leaves.”
“Watch⟳ for wrinkling on the canes — the first sign⟳ of dehydration. If this occurs, recut the canes below the wrinkling, remound the plant⟳, and water well.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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