mounding
mound-ing
noun
The act or process of forming material into a raised heap or pile.
"Careful mounding of soil protects plants."
verb
The action of forming something into a raised heap or pile; piling up.
"He was mounding the earth around the roses."
Thesaurus
Synonyms: mound, hill, pitcher's mound, cumulus, cumulation, heap, agglomerate, pile, knoll, hammock, hummock, hillock