طود1 طَادَ, (aor. ـُ inf. n. طَوْدٌ, TK,) It (a thing, TK) was, or became, firm, or steadfast. (Fr, L, K.) 2 طوّد, (S, L, K,) inf. n. تَطْوِيدٌ and تَطْوَادٌ; and ↓ تطوّد; (K;) He went round about much, or often, syn. طَوَّفَ (S, L, K) and طَوَّحَ, (S,) فِىالجِبَالِ in the mountains: (S:) or the former, he went round about much, or often, in the countries to seek the means of subsistence. (IAar, L.) And one says also, طوّد بِنَفْسِهِ [He went round about &c. by himself], and بِفُلَانٍ [with such a one]. (L.) A2:  طوّدهُ, inf. n. تَطْوِيدٌ, He (God) made it high, or tall. (A.) 4 اطاد He made, or rendered, firm, or steadfast: so accord. to Freytag; but he names no authority.]5 تَطَوَّدَ see 2.7 انطاد It rose, or ascended, in the air. (K.) طَادٌ Heavy: (K:) and ↓ طَادِىٌّ firm, or steadfast: (L:) or both signify heavy and firm or steadfast. (TA.) b2:  Also the former, A stallion excited by lust. (K.) طَوْدٌ A mountain: (K:) or a great mountain (S, A, L, K) rising high into the sky: (A:) or i. q. هَضْبَةٌ [either as denoting a hill or mountain or a tract of sand: see the next sentence]: (IAar:) pl. أَطْوَادٌ (A, L, K) and طِوَدَةٌ. (K.) b2: And An elevated, or overlooking, tract of sand; (K, TA;) as also هَضْبَةٌ. (TA.) b3:  And the pl. أَطْوَاد is applied by a poet to signify (tropical:)  Camels' humps; as being likened to mountains because of their height. (IAar, L.) b4:  اِبْنُ الطَّوْدِ means (assumed tropical:)  The mass of rock (الجُلْمُودُ) that falls from the upper part of a mountain: (A, L, * K: *) or the echo. (A.) One says, أَسْرَعُ مِنِ ابْنِ الطَّوْدِ (assumed tropical:)  Quicker, or swifter, than the mass of rock that falls &c.: or than the echo. (A.) طَادِىٌّ: see طَادٌ.مَطَادَةٌ A desert, or waterless desert, far-extending: (K:) pl. مَطَاوِدُ. (TA.) And the latter (i. e. the pl.), Places of perdition; (K, TA;) it is like مَطَاوِحُ. (S, TA.) مُطَوِّدٌ Remote, or distant. (K.) بِنَآءٌ مُنْطَادٌ A lofty building, (K, TA,) rising  high in the air. (TA.)