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Definition of 'Mount'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) mount
to go up; climb; ascend.

2.  mount
to get up on (a platform, a horse, etc.).

3.  mount
to set or place at an elevation:
to mount a house on stilts.

4.  mount
to furnish with a horse or other animal for riding.

5.  mount
to set or place (a person) on horseback.

6.  mount
to organize and launch (an attack, campaign, etc.).

7.  mount
to raise or put (a gun) into position for use.

8.  mount
(of a fortress or warship) to have (guns) in position for use.

9.  mount
to put (a sentry or watch) on guard.

10.  mount
to fix on or in a support, backing, setting, etc.:
to mount a photograph.

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

12.  mount
to prepare (an animal body or skeleton) for exhibition as a specimen.

13.  mount
(of an animal) to climb upon (another animal) for copulation.

14.  mount
to prepare (a slide) for microscopic investigation.

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

16. (v.i.) mount
to increase in amount or intensity (often fol. by up):
The costs mounted up.

17.  mount
to get up on the back of a horse or other animal for riding.

18.  mount
to rise or go to a higher position, level, degree, etc.; ascend.

19.  mount
to get up on something, as a platform.

20. (n.) mount
the act or a manner of mounting.

21.  mount
a horse, other animal, or sometimes a vehicle, as a bicycle, used, provided, or available for riding.

22.  mount
an act or occasion of riding a horse, esp. in a race.

23.  mount
a support, backing, setting, or the like, on or in which something is mounted.

24.  mount
an ornamental or functional metal piece on furniture.

25.  mount
a slide prepared for examination by a microscope.

26.  mount
any means of holding a stamp on a page for display.

27. (n.) mount
a mountain: often used as part of a place name.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME, OE munt < L mont- (s. of mōns) mountain, hill)

Definition of 'Mount'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) saddle horse, riding horse, mount
a lightweight horse kept for riding only

2. (noun) climb, mount
the act of climbing something
"it was a difficult climb to the top"

3. (noun) mountain, mount
a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

4. (noun) mount, setting
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"

5. (verb) backing, mount
something forming a back that is added for strengthening

6. (verb) mount
attach to a support
"They mounted the aerator on a floating"

7. (verb) wax, mount, climb, rise
go up or advance
"Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"

8. (verb) mount
fix onto a backing, setting, or support
"mount slides for macroscopic analysis"

9. (verb) mount
put up or launch
"mount a campaign against pornography"

10. (verb) hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on, bestride
get up on the back of
"mount a horse"

11. (verb) climb, climb up, mount, go up
go upward with gradual or continuous progress
"Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?"

12. (verb) mount, put on
prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance
"mount a theater production"; "mount an attack"; "mount a play"

13. (verb) ride, mount
copulate with
"The bull was riding the cow"

Definition of 'Mount'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) Mount
used in the name of mountains
Mount Everest

2. (verb) mount
to increase
Tension in the area was mounting.; a mounting death toll

3.  mount
to start sth; = launch
They are mounting a campaign against local terrorist groups

4.  mount
to get on a horse or bicycle
to mount a horse/bicycle

5.  mount
to attach a picture to sth in order to display it
Mount the pictures on black cardboard.

6.  mount
to go up stairs; = go up, climb
He mounted the stairs two at a time.

Definition of 'Mount'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Mount
to rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; -- often with up

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

3. (noun) Mount
to attain in value; to amount

4.  Mount
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

5.  Mount
a bulwark for offense or defense; a mound

6.  Mount
a bank; a fund

7.  Mount
that upon which a person or thing is mounted

8.  Mount
a horse

9.  Mount
the cardboard or cloth on which a drawing, photograph, or the like is mounted; a mounting

10. (verb) Mount
to get upon; to ascend; to climb

11. (verb) Mount
to place one's self on, as a horse or other animal, or anything that one sits upon; to bestride

12. (verb) Mount
to cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding; to furnish with horses

13. (verb) Mount
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

14. (verb) Mount
to raise aloft; to lift on high

Translation of 'Mount'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to get or climb up (on or on to) He mounted the platform; She mounted (the horse) and rode off.
Afrikaans: opklim, bestyg	Arabic: يَمْتَطي، يَعْتَلي	Bulgarian: изкачвам
Brazilian: montar	Czech: vystoupit (na); nasednout	German: besteigen
Danish: bestige; stige op på	Greek: ανεβαίνω (σε), σκαρφαλώνω	Spanish: montar
Estonian: ronima	Farsi: بالارفتن	Finnish: kivuta
French: monter	Hebrew: לַעֲלוֹת עַל-	Hindi: चढ़ना
Croatian: penjati se	Hungarian: felmegy; fellép; felül	Indonesian: menaiki
Icelandic: ganga/stíga upp á; fara/s	Italian: montare, salire	Japanese: ～に登る
Korean: (산, 계단 등을) 오르다	Lithuanian: (už)lipti (ant)	Latvian: uzkāpt
Malay: menaiki	Dutch: bestijgen	Norwegian: stige opp på; bestige
Polish: wspiąć się na, dosiadać	Persian: بالارفتن	Pashto: بورته تلل
Portuguese: montar	Romanian: a urca pe, aîncăleca pe	Russian: взбираться
Slovak: vystúpiť (na); nasadnúť	Slovenian: splezati (na)	Serbian: popeti se
Swedish: gå (springa) uppför, stig	Thai: ขึ้น (ม้า, เขา, บันได)	Turkish: binmek,çıkmak
Taiwanese: 登，爬上	Ukrainian: підніматися, сходити	Urdu: اوپر چڑھنا
Vietnamese: leo	Chinese: 登，爬上
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