mount
mount (mo̵unt)
noun
- a mountain or hill: now poetic except before a proper name Mount McKinley
- Obsolete a raised fortification
- Palmistry any fleshy raised part on the palm of the hand
Etymology: ME < OE munt & OFr mont, a mount, both < L mons (gen. montis), hill, mountain < IE base *men-, to project > Welsh meneth, mountain
mount (mo̵unt)
intransitive verb
- to climb; ascend: often with up
- to climb up on something; esp., to get on the back of a horse, on a bicycle, etc. for riding
- to increase in amount profits are mounting
Etymology: ME mounten < OFr munter < VL *montare, lit., to go uphill < L mons: see mount
transitive verb
- to go up; ascend; climb to mount stairs
- to get up on (a horse, bicycle, etc.) for riding
- to set on a horse
- to climb or get up on (a platform, stool, etc.)
- to provide with a horse or horses
- to climb on (a female) for copulation: said of a male animal
- to place on something raised: with on mount the statue on a pedestal
- to place, fix, or fasten on or in the proper support, backing, etc. for the required purpose; specif.,
- to fix (a jewel) in a setting
- to fix (a specimen) on (a slide) for microscopic study
- to arrange (a skeleton, dead animal, etc.) for exhibition
- to affix (a picture) to a mat or other backing
- to affix (a postage stamp) on an album page
- to furnish the necessary costumes, settings, etc. for producing (a play)
- to prepare for and undertake (an expedition, campaign, etc.)
- to prepare for and present to mount a major Degas exhibition
- Mil.
- to raise or adjust (a gun) into proper position for use
- to be armed with (a cannon) a ship that mounts six cannons
- to post (a guard) as for sentry duty
- to go on (guard) as a sentry
noun
- the act or manner of mounting (a horse, etc.)
- a horse, bicycle, etc. for mounting and riding
- the opportunity to ride a horse, etc., esp. in a race
- the support, setting, etc. on or in which something is mounted, as the support for a microscopic slide or the setting for a jewel
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