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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mount•er (moun′tər),USA pronunciation n. - a person or thing that mounts.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mount1 /maʊnt/USA pronunciation v. - to go up;
climb; ascend: [~ + object]She mounted the stairs.[no object]I approached the stairs and mounted carefully. - to get up on (a platform, a horse, etc.): [~ + object]He mounted the stage and strode to the podium.[no object]mounted smoothly and galloped off.
- to set (a person) on horseback:[~ + object]She mounted her daughter on the horse next to hers.
- to set or place at a higher position:[~ + object]The Greeks mounted their wooden horse on a platform.
- to organize and launch (an attack, etc.):[~ + object]A search was mounted the next day.
- to put (a sentry) on guard:[~ + object]to mount a 24-hour watch.
- to fix on or in a frame, etc.:[~ + object]to mount a photograph on cardboard.
- Show Business to provide (a play, etc.) with scenery, costumes, etc., for production:[~ + object]The school managed to mount quite a performance for their end-of-year play.
- Animal Behavior[~ + object] (of an animal) to climb upon (another animal) for sexual relations.
- to increase in amount or intensity:[~ (+ up ) ]The tension mounted (up) as the two old enemies began their debate.
n. [countable] - an animal, or sometimes a vehicle, as a bicycle, used for riding:an easy-going mount for a child to ride.
- a support, backing, etc., on or in which something is mounted.
mount•a•ble, adj. mount•er, n. [countable]mount2 /maʊnt/USA pronunciation n. - a mountain: [countable]to climb a mount.[often: Mount* no article;
part of the name of a mountain]climbing Mount Kilimanjaro.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mount1 (mount),USA pronunciation v.t. - to go up;
climb; ascend:to mount stairs. - to get up on (a platform, a horse, etc.).
- to set or place at an elevation:to mount a house on stilts.
- to furnish with a horse or other animal for riding.
- to set or place (a person) on horseback.
- to organize, as an army.
- to prepare and launch, as an attack or a campaign.
- to raise or put into position for use, as a gun.
- Military(of a fortress or warship) to have or carry (guns) in position for use.
- to go or put on guard, as a sentry or watch.
- to attach to or fix on or in a support, backing, setting, etc.:to mount a photograph; to mount a diamond in a ring.
- to arrange for display:to mount a museum exhibit.
- Show Businessto provide (a play, musical comedy, opera, etc.) with scenery, costumes, and other equipment for production.
- Biologyto prepare (an animal body or skeleton) as a specimen.
- (of a male animal) to climb upon (a female) for copulation.
- [Micros.]
- to prepare (a slide) for microscopic investigation.
- to prepare (a sample) for examination by a microscope, as by placing it on a slide.
v.i. - to increase in amount or intensity (often fol. by up):The cost of all those small purchases mounts up.
- to get up on the back of a horse or other animal for riding.
- to rise or go to a higher position, level, degree, etc.;
ascend. - to get up on something, as a platform.
n. - the act or a manner of mounting.
- a horse, other animal, or sometimes a vehicle, as a bicycle, used, provided, or available for riding.
- an act or occasion of riding a horse, esp. in a race.
- a support, backing, setting, or the like, on or in which something is, or is to be, mounted or fixed.
- Furniturean ornamental metal piece applied to a piece of wooden furniture.
- [Micros.]a prepared slide.
- a distinctive metal feature on a sheath or scabbard, as a locket or chape.
- Stamps[Philately.]hinge (def. 4).
- Printinga wooden or metal block to which a plate is secured for printing.
- Vulgar Latin *montāre, derivative of Latin mont- (stem of mōns) mount2
- Old French munter, monter
- Middle English mounten 1300–50
mount′a•ble, adj. mount′less, adj. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged scale. See climb.
- 19.See corresponding entry in Unabridged soar.
- 22.See corresponding entry in Unabridged steed, charger, palfrey.
- 1, 19.See corresponding entry in Unabridged descend.
mount2 (mount),USA pronunciation n. [Chiefly Literary.]- a mountain: often used as part of a placename.
- Latin mont- (stem of mōns) mountain, hill
- Middle English, Old English munt bef. 900
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