amound
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈmaʊnd/
Verb
amound (third-person singular simple present amounds, present participle amounding, simple past and past participle amounded)
- (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.
- 1959, Peter Samson, AN ABRIDGED DICTIONARY of the TMRC LANGUAGE June 1959 (with 2005 commentary):
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
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