mound vs plunge

mound

verb
  • To force or pile into a mound or mounds. 

  • To form a mound. 

  • To fortify with a mound; add a barrier, rampart, etc. to. 

noun
  • The mons veneris. 

  • Elevated area of dirt upon which the pitcher stands to pitch. 

  • A natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll. 

  • A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones, and surmounted with a cross. 

  • An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense 

plunge

verb
  • To cast, stab or throw into some thing, state, condition or action. 

  • To pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does. 

  • To bet heavily and recklessly; to risk large sums in gambling. 

  • To thrust into liquid, or into any penetrable substance; to immerse. 

  • To fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition. 

  • To remove a blockage by suction. 

  • To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself. 

noun
  • Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation. 

  • A dive, leap, rush, or pitch into (into water). 

  • The act of plunging or submerging. 

  • The act of pitching or throwing oneself headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse. 

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