mount

[ mount ]

/ maʊnt /

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verb (used with object)

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.

(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.

to provide (a play, musical comedy, opera, etc.) with scenery, costumes, and other equipment for production.

to prepare (an animal body or skeleton) as a specimen.

(of a male animal) to climb upon (a female) for copulation.

Microscopy.

to prepare (a slide) for microscopic investigation.
to prepare (a sample) for examination by a microscope, as by placing it on a slide.

verb (used without object)

to increase in amount or intensity (often followed 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.

noun

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, especially in a race.

a support, backing, setting, or the like, on or in which something is, or is to be, mounted or fixed.

an ornamental metal piece applied to a piece of wooden furniture.

Microscopy. a prepared slide.

a distinctive metal feature on a sheath or scabbard, as a locket or chape.

Philately. hinge(def 4).

Printing. a wooden or metal block to which a plate is secured for printing.

Origin of mount

1300–50; Middle English mounten < Old French munter, monter < Vulgar Latin *montāre, derivative of Latin mont- (stem of mōns) mount²

SYNONYMS FOR mount

1 scale. See climb.

19 soar.

22 steed, charger, palfrey.

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ANTONYMS FOR mount

1, 19 descend.

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OTHER WORDS FROM mount

mount·a·ble, adjective mount·less, adjective un·mount·a·ble, adjective

Words nearby mount

moundbird, mounding, mounds view, moundsman, moundsville, mount, mount carmel man, mount clemens, mount cook lily, mount desert island, mount everest

Definition for mount (2 of 3)

mount ²

[ mount ]

/ maʊnt /

noun Chiefly Literary.

a mountain: often used as part of a placename.

Origin of mount

before 900; Middle English, Old English munt < Latin mont- (stem of mōns) mountain, hill

Definition for mount (3 of 3)

Mt.

or mt.

mount: Mt. Rainier.

mountain.

Example sentences from the Web for mount

After all, the Russians were about to mount a winter offensive of their own.

Hitler’s Hail Mary |James A. Warren |December 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
It occurs to me that Mount must assume that Hitchcock has read it--after all, it came from him.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days |David Freeman |December 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
As the steaks are eaten, Mount, who has some skill in these things, brings up the movie.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days |David Freeman |December 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
On Monday Mount calls to say he thinks the script is terrific.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days |David Freeman |December 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

My family is ready to mount an intervention, and cancel my streaming accounts.

The Best Albums of 2014 |Ted Gioia |December 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
When he got up he did not mount at once, but stood and looked round him for a while.

The Red Romance Book |Various
But hindered by the bonds that bound her, she was unable to follow with suppleness the motion of her mount.

The Branding Needle, or The Monastery of Charolles |Eugne Sue
Believe me, Hewitt, I have not strength even to mount, much less to sit a horse at present.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 |Various
This young man held a whip, which he brandished in the air like a rider about to mount his horse.

Yiddish Tales |Various
Then, as soon as he discovered which way they were going, he would slip off and make for the farmhouse and mount.

Saint Bartholomew's Eve |G. A. Henty

British Dictionary definitions for mount (1 of 2)

mount ¹

/ (maʊnt) /

verb

to go up (a hill, stairs, etc); climb

to get up on (a horse, a platform, etc)

(intr often foll by up) io increase; accumulate excitement mounted

(tr) to fix onto a backing, setting, or support to mount a photograph; to mount a slide

(tr) to provide with a horse for riding, or to place on a horse

(of male animals) to climb onto (a female animal) for copulation

(tr) to prepare (a play, musical comedy, etc) for production

(tr) to plan and organize (a compaign, an exhibition, etc)

(tr) military to prepare or launch (an operation) the Allies mounted an offensive

(tr) to prepare (a skeleton, dead animal, etc) for exhibition as a specimen

(tr) to place or carry (weapons) in such a position that they can be fired

mount guard See guard (def. 26)

noun

a backing, setting, or support onto which something is fixed

the act or manner of mounting

a horse for riding

a slide used in microscopy

philately

a small transparent pocket in an album for a postage stamp
another word for hinge (def. 5)

Derived forms of mount

mountable, adjective mounter, noun

Word Origin for mount

C16: from Old French munter, from Vulgar Latin montāre (unattested) from Latin mons mount ²

British Dictionary definitions for mount (2 of 2)

mount ²

/ (maʊnt) /

noun

a mountain or hill: used in literature and (when cap.) in proper names Mount Everest

(in palmistry) any of the seven cushions of flesh on the palm of the hand

Word Origin for mount

Old English munt, from Latin mons mountain, but influenced in Middle English by Old French mont

Medical definitions for mount

mount

[ mount ]

v.

To prepare a specimen for microscopic examination, especially by positioning on a slide.

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noun Chiefly Literary.

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Definition for mount (3 of 3)

or mt.

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verb

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mount

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

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Definition for mount (2 of 3)

noun Chiefly Literary.

Origin of mount

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or mt.

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verb

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noun

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v.