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mount1 /mownt/ transitive verb- To climb, ascend
- To get up on
- To cover or copulate with
- To cause to rise, to lift, raise, erect
- To place on anything high
- To put on horseback, etc
- To provide with an animal, bicycle, etc to ride on
- To fix in a setting, on a support, stand or backing
- To provide with accessories
- To put in position and state of readiness for use or exhibition
- To stage
- To be armed with
- To carry, wear, or put on
- To put into operation, carry out
intransitive verb- To go up
- To climb
- To get up on horseback, a bicycle, etc
- To extend upward
- To extend backward in time
- To rise in level or amount (esp with up)
- To amount (obsolete)
noun- A rise
- An act of mounting
- Manner of mounting
- A step to mount by
- A signal for mounting
- A horse, etc that is ridden
- That upon which a thing is placed or in which it is set for fixing, strengthening, embellishing, esp the card surrounding a picture
- The slide, cover glass, etc used in mounting an object for the microscope
ORIGIN: Fr monter to go up, from L mōns, montis mountain mountˈable adjective mountˈed adjective - On horseback
- Equipped with horses
- Set on high
- Raised on steps, generally three, as a cross (heraldry)
- Set up
- Set
combining form Set in or with a specified material, as silver-mounted mountˈer noun mountˈing noun - An act of mounting
- Anything upon which a thing has been mounted
mounting block noun A block or stone to enable one to mount a horse have the mount To ride (a particular horse) in a race mount guard see under guard mount2 /mownt/ noun- A mountain (archaic except as Mount, as pfx to a name)
- A small hill or mound, natural or artificial
- A fleshy protuberance on the hand (palmistry)
ORIGIN: OE munt and OFr mont, both from L mōns, montis mountain |