amound

English

Etymology

From a- +‎ mound, compare amass; possibly influenced by amount.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈmaʊnd/

Verb

amound (third-person singular simple present amounds, present participle amounding, simple past and past participle amounded)

1. (rare, intransitive) To accumulate, to mound up, to amount.
   • 1959, Peter Samson, AN ABRIDGED DICTIONARY of the TMRC LANGUAGE June 1959 (with 2005 commentary):

     CRUFT: that which magically amounds in the Clubroom just before you walk in to clean up. In other words, rubbage.

Synonyms

• accumulate; see also Thesaurus:accumulate or Thesaurus:amass

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “amound”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• -amundo