Definitions for Mount
maʊntmount

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. saddle horse, riding horse, mountnoun

   a lightweight horse kept for riding only

2. climb, mountnoun

   the act of climbing something

   "it was a difficult climb to the top"

3. mountain, mountnoun

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

4. mount, settingnoun

   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. backing, mountverb

   something forming a back that is added for strengthening

6. mountverb

   attach to a support

   "They mounted the aerator on a floating"

7. wax, mount, climb, riseverb

   go up or advance

   "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"

8. mountverb

   fix onto a backing, setting, or support

   "mount slides for macroscopic analysis"

9. mountverb

   put up or launch

   "mount a campaign against pornography"

10. hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on, bestrideverb

    get up on the back of

    "mount a horse"

11. climb, climb up, mount, go upverb

    go upward with gradual or continuous progress

    "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?"

12. mount, put onverb

    prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance

    "mount a theater production"; "mount an attack"; "mount a play"

13. ride, mountverb

    copulate with

    "The bull was riding the cow"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. MOUNTnoun

   Etymology: mont, French; mons, Latin.

   1. A mountain; a hill.

   Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount. Gen. xxxi. 54.

   Behold yon mountain’s hoary height,
   Made higher with new mounts of snow. Dryden.

   2. An artificial hill raised in a garden, or other place.

   He might see what mounts they had in short time cast, and what a number there was of brave and warlike soldiers. Richard Knolles, Hist. of the Turks.

   3. A publick treasure; a bank. Now obsolete.

   These examples confirmed me in a resolution to spend my time wholly in writing; and to put forth that poor talent God hath given me, not to particular exchanges, but to banks or mounts of perpetuity, which will not break. Francis Bacon.

2. To Mountverb

   1. To raise aloft; to lift on high.

   The fire that mounts the liquor till ’t runs o’er,
   Seeming to augment, wastes it. William Shakespeare.

   What power is it which mounts my love so high,
   That makes me see, and cannot feed mine eye? William Shakespeare.

   The air is so thin, that a bird has therein no feeling of her wings, or any resistance of air to mount herself by. Ral.

   2. To ascend; to climb.

   Shall we mount again the rural throne,
   And rule the country kingdoms, once our own? Dryden.

   3. To place on horseback.

   Three hundred horses, in high stables fed,
   Of these he chose the fairest and the best,
   To mount the Trojan troop. John Dryden, Æn.

   Clear reason, acting in conjunction with a well-disciplined, but strong and vigorous fancy, seldom fail to attain their end: fancy without reason, is like a horse without a rider; and reason without fancy is not well mounted. Nehemiah Grew, Cos. b. ii.

   4. To embellish with ornaments.5. To Mount guard. To do duty and watch at any particular post.6. To Mount a cannon. To set a piece on its wooden frame for the more easy carriage and management in firing it.

3. To MOUNTverb

   Etymology: monter, French.

   1. To rise on high.

   Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high? Job iii. 27.

   I’ll strive, with troubl’d thoughts, to take a nap;
   Lest leaden slumber poize me down to-morrow,
   When I should mount with wings of victory. William Shakespeare.

   A base ignoble mind,
   That mounts no higher than a bird can soar. William Shakespeare.

   The fire of trees and houses mounts on high,
   And meets half-way new fires that show’r from sky. Abraham Cowley.

   If the liturgy should be offered to them, it would kindle jealousy, and as the first range of that ladder which should serve to mount over all their customs. Edward Hyde.

   Ambitious meteors set themselves upon the wing, taking every occasion of drawing upward to the sun; not considering, that they have no more time allowed them in their mounting than the single revolution of a day; and that when the light goes from them, they are of necessity to fall. Dryd.

   2. To tower; to be built up to great elevation.

   Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds, yet he shall perish. Job xx. 6.

   3. To get on horseback.

   He
   Like a full acorn’d boar, a churning on,
   Cry’d, oh! and mounted. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

   4. [For amount.]To rise in value.

   Bring then these blessings to a strict account,
   Make fair deductions, see to what they mount. Alexander Pope.

Webster Dictionary(1.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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

2. Mount

   a bulwark for offense or defense; a mound

3. Mount

   a bank; a fund

4. Mountnoun

   to rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; -- often with up

5. Mountnoun

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

6. Mountnoun

   to attain in value; to amount

7. Mountverb

   to get upon; to ascend; to climb

8. Mountverb

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

9. Mountverb

   to cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding; to furnish with horses

10. Mountverb

    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

11. Mountverb

    to raise aloft; to lift on high

12. Mount

    that upon which a person or thing is mounted

13. Mount

    a horse

14. Mount

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

15. Etymology: [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.]

Freebase(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Mount

   Mounting takes place before a computer can use any kind of storage device. The user or their operating system must make it accessible through the computer's file system. A user can only access files on mounted media.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Mount

   mownt, n. ground rising above the level of the surrounding country: a hill: an ornamental mound: that on which anything is mounted for more convenient use or exhibition: a saddle-horse for riding: a step, &c., to give aid in mounting a horse, also a signal for mounting: (her.) a green hillock in the base of a shield: (fort.) a cavalier or raised hillock commanding the surrounding country: one of the seven fleshy cushions in the palm of the hand: (B.) a bulwark for offence or defence.—v.i. to project or rise up: to be of great elevation.—v.t. to raise aloft: to climb: to get upon, as a horse: to put on horseback: to put upon something: to arrange or set in fitting order.—adjs. Mount′able, that may be mounted or ascended; Mount′ed, raised, esp. set on horseback: (her.) raised on steps, generally three, as a cross: furnished, supplied.—ns. Mount′er; Mount′ing, the act of rising or getting higher: the act of mounting or embellishing, as the setting of a gem, &c.: that which mounts; Mount′ing-block, a block or stone to enable one to mount a horse.—Mount guard (see Guard). [A.S. munt—L. mons, montis, a mountain.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. mount

   An Anglo-Saxon term still in use, usually held to mean eminences above 1000 feet in height. In a fort it means the cavalier (which see).

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. mount

   The means or opportunity for mounting, especially a horse; and the equipments necessary for a mounted horseman.

2. mount

   To place one’s self on, as a horse or other animal, or anything that one bestrides or sits upon; to bestride. Hence, to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding; to furnish with horses. “To mount the Trojan troop.” See Dismount.

3. mount

   To put anything that sustains and fits, for use; as, to mount a gun on a carriage. To prepare for being worn or otherwise used, as a sword-blade by adding the hilt and scabbard. A ship or a fort is said to mount cannon when they are arranged for use in and about it.

4. mount

   A word of command in the cavalry exercise for the men to mount their horses.

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1. mount

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Matched Categories

1. • Attach
   • Copulate
   • Increase
   • Initiate
   • Mammal
   • Mounting
   • Natural Elevation
   • Organize
   • Prepare
   • Rise

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Mount' in Nouns Frequency: #2669

2. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Mount' in Verbs Frequency: #550

Anagrams for Mount »

1. notum

2. montu

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Mount in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Mount in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Mount in a Sentence

1. Valentin Fuster:

   We have done 75 autopsies and clotting is a problem, without any question, it starts with the lungs, followed by the kidneys, Mount Sinai Heart and it ends up in the brain.

2. Lakshheish M Patel:

   Since the stock market opening time, SBI Cap web trading platform is not working today while market is on downward trend. Its buy key work only when market is on up price but it does not take SALE command then and thus clients losses mount

3. Donald Trump:

   I’d ask whether or not you think I will someday be on Mount Rushmore, but here’s the problem. If I did it jokingly, totally joking, having fun, the fake news media will say, 'He believes he should be on Mount Rushmore.' So I won’t say it, OK?

4. Fahrettin Altun:

   It is with great regret that Two US defense officials have been monitoring Fahrettin Altun efforts to mount pressure on Turkey's independent court system for some time. During this period, Two US defense officials country has been subjected to various threats of sanctions.

5. Paul. F. Meekin:

   From the top of Mount Everest "Next time I am taking the lift."

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