MOUNT

climb, mount

(noun) the act of climbing something; “it was a difficult climb to the top”

backing, mount

(noun) something forming a back that is added for strengthening

mount, setting

(noun) a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place; “the diamond was in a plain gold mount”

mountain, mount

(noun) a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

mount

(verb) fix onto a backing, setting, or support; “mount slides for macroscopic analysis”

wax, mount, climb, rise

(verb) go up or advance; “Sales were climbing after prices were lowered”

mount

(verb) attach to a support; “They mounted the aerator on a floating”

ride, mount

(verb) copulate with; “The bull was riding the cow”

mount

(verb) put up or launch; “mount a campaign against pornography”

mount, put on

(verb) prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance; “mount a theater production”; “mount an attack”; “mount a play”

climb, climb up, mount, go up

(verb) go upward with gradual or continuous progress; “Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

mount (plural mounts)

A hill or mountain.

(palmistry) Any of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand, taken to represent the influences of various heavenly bodies.

(obsolete) A bulwark for offence or defence; a mound.

(obsolete) A bank; a fund.

(heraldry) A green hillock in the base of a shield.

Usage notes

As with the names of rivers and lakes, the names of mountains are typically formed by adding the word before or after the unique term. Mount is used in situations where the word precedes the unique term: Mount Everest, Mount Rushmore, Mount Tai. Except in the misunderstood translation of foreign names (as with China's Mount Hua), the terms used with mount will therefore usually be nouns: Mount Olympus but Rugged Mountain and Crowfoot Mountain. It thus corresponds to the earlier the mount or mountain of ~.

Mount is no longer used as a generic synonym for mountain except in poetry and other literary contexts. An example is the fossilized form within the phrase Sermon on the Mount.

Etymology 2

Noun

mount (plural mounts)

An animal, usually a horse, used to ride on, unlike a draught horse

A mounting; an object on which another object is mounted.

(obsolete) A rider in a cavalry unit or division.

A step or block to assist in mounting a horse.

A signal for mounting a horse.

Verb

mount (third-person singular simple present mounts, present participle mounting, simple past and past participle mounted)

(transitive) To get upon; to ascend; to climb.

(transitive) To place oneself on (a horse, a bicycle, etc.); to bestride.

(transitive) To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding.

(obsolete, transitive) To cause (something) to rise or ascend; to drive up; to raise; to elevate; to lift up.

(obsolete, intransitive) To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; often with up.

(transitive) To attach (an object) to a support, backing, framework etc.

(transitive, computing) To attach (a drive or device) to the file system in order to make it available to the operating system.

(intransitive, sometimes, with up) To increase in quantity or intensity.

(obsolete) To attain in value; to amount (to).

(transitive) To get on top of (an animal) to mate.

(transitive, slang) To have sexual intercourse with someone.

(transitive) To begin (a campaign, military assault, etc.); to launch.

(transitive, archaic) To deploy (cannon) for use.

(transitive) To prepare and arrange the scenery, furniture, etc. for use in (a play or production).

(cooking) To incorporate fat, especially butter, into (a dish, especially a sauce to finish it).

Synonyms

• (to have sexual intercourse with someone): coitize, go to bed with, sleep with; see also copulate with

Antonyms

• dismount

• demount

• unmount

Anagrams

• muton, notum

Proper noun

Mount (plural Mounts)

A surname.

Anagrams

• muton, notum

Source: Wiktionary

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Mount, n. Etym: [OE. munt, mont, mount, AS. munt, fr. L. mons, montis; cf. L. minae protections, E. eminent, menace: cf. F. mont. Cf. Mount, v., Mountain, Mont, Monte, Montem.]

1. A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably above the common surface of the surrounding land; a mountain; a high hill; -- used always instead of mountain, when put before a proper name; as, Mount Washington; otherwise, chiefly in poetry.

2. A bulwark for offense or defense; a mound. [Obs.] Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem. Jer. vi. 6.

3. Etym: [See Mont de piété.]

Definition: A bank; a fund. Mount of piety. See Mont de piété.

Mount, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Mounted; p. pr. & vb. n. Mounting.] Etym: [OE. mounten, monten, F. monter, fr. L. mons, montis, mountain. See Mount, n. (above).]

1. To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; -- often with up. Though Babylon should mount up to heaven. Jer. li. 53. The fire of trees and houses mounts on high. Cowley.

2. To get up on anything, as a platform or scaffold; especially, to seat one's self on a horse for riding.

3. To attain in value; to amount. Bring then these blessings to a strict account, Make fair deductions, see to what they mount. Pope.

Mount, v. t.

1. To get upon; to ascend; to climb. Shall we mount again the rural throne Dryden.

2. To place one's self on, as a horse or other animal, or anything that one sits upon; to bestride.

3. To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding; to furnish with horses. "To mount the Trojan troop." Dryden.

4. Hence: To put upon anything that sustains and fits for use, as a gun on a carriage, a map or picture on cloth or paper; to prepare for being worn or otherwise used, as a diamond by setting, or a sword blade by adding the hilt, scabbard, etc.

5. To raise aloft; to lift on high. What power is it which mounts my love so high Shak.

Note: A fort or ship is said to mount cannon, when it has them arranged for use in or about it. To mount guard (Mil.), to go on guard; to march on guard; to do duty as a guard.

– To mount a play, to prepare and arrange the scenery, furniture, etc., used in the play.

Mount, n. Etym: [From Mount, v.]

Definition: That upon which a person or thing is mounted, as: (a) A horse. She had so good a seat and hand, she might be trusted with any mount. G. Eliot.

(b) The cardboard or cloth on which a drawing, photograph, or the like is mounted; a mounting.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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