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Definitions of 'mount' 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"


Definitions of 'mount' Webster 1913 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


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