Mount
[maʊnt]
Definition
(noun.) 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'.
(verb.) fix onto a backing, setting, or support; 'mount slides for macroscopic analysis'.
(verb.) attach to a support; 'They mounted the aerator on a floating'.
(verb.) put up or launch; 'mount a campaign against pornography'.
(verb.) prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance; 'mount a theater production'; 'mount an attack'; 'mount a play'.
Typed by Jerry--From WordNet
Definition
(v.) 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.
(v.) A bulwark for offense or defense; a mound.
(v.) A bank; a fund.
(n.) To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; -- often with up.
(n.) To get up on anything, as a platform or scaffold; especially, to seat one's self on a horse for riding.
(n.) To attain in value; to amount.
(v. t.) To get upon; to ascend; to climb.
(v. t.) To place one's self on, as a horse or other animal, or anything that one sits upon; to bestride.
(v. t.) To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding; to furnish with horses.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To raise aloft; to lift on high.
(v.) That upon which a person or thing is mounted
(v.) A horse.
(v.) The cardboard or cloth on which a drawing, photograph, or the like is mounted; a mounting.
Edited by Jessica
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [Used before a proper name and in poetry.] Mountain, high hill.
v. n. [1]. Rise, ascend, arise, uprise, tower, soar, go up, rise on high.[2]. Get on horseback.
v. a. [1]. Ascend, climb, scale, escalade, get upon.[2]. Put or raise (upon something).[3]. Embellish, cover with ornaments.[4]. (Mil.) Carry, be furnished with.
Checker: Sabina
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ASCEND]
Checked by Blanchard
Definition
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).
Editor: Woodrow
Examples
- The donkeys fell down and spilt us over their heads occasionally, but there was nothing for it but to mount and hurry on again. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I am like John-a-Duck's mare, that will let no man mount her but John-a-Duck. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I mount to the cell, with a fellow-citizen who is one of the Jury, directed by a gaoler. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in Mount Gilboa. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- These encomiums bring them to Mount Pleasant and to Grandfather Smallweed's house. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Lord Mount-James is one of the richest men in England. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Your master, I s'pose, don't keep no dogs, said Haley, thoughtfully, as he prepared to mount. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- But in the height of the confusion, a mounted man galloped away to order the relays, and our horses were put to with great speed. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It is not until the last thousand years B.C. that we begin to find mounted soldiers, as distinct from charioteers, playing a part in warfare. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was a machine mounted on two wheels, that had a seed box in the bottom of which was a series of holes opening into a corresponding number of metal tubes or funnels. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- We scrambled up the steep bank at the shabby town of Ghizeh, mounted the donkeys again, and scampered away. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Down through these, from the third floor, come the wheels, with the tires mounted and inflated to the proper pressure. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The rapid-fire gun here shown is a model of a three-inch field gun mounted upon a special carriage. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The light rose in the room, then sank to a small dimness, as the flame sank down on the candle, before it mounted again. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Mounting, Sola upon one beast, and Dejah Thoris behind me upon the other, we rode from the city of Thark through the hills to the south. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- It was the tortoise-shell lozenge-box, and Dorothea felt the color mounting to her cheeks. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Mounting the broad steps, with brandished knife, the Negro made straight for a party of four men sitting at a table sipping the inevitable absinthe. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The mounting flames had curled round the building, as it fell, and was destroyed. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He did not wish to die; but he felt that he was going, for the fever was mounting higher and higher. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The deputy restrained the animal's impetuosity, and the principal ran to assist Mr. Winkle in mounting. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- She used to practice mounting, holding the reins, and sitting straight on an old saddle in a tree. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Even now the floor is dusky, and shadow slowly mounts the walls, bringing the Dedlocks down like age and death. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Then, by degrees, I won their confidence in much the same manner as I had adopted countless times with my many mundane mounts. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Something is to rise white on the surface of the sea, over which that moon mounts silent and hangs glorious. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- No, my dear little modest Harriet, depend upon it the picture will not be in Bond-street till just before he mounts his horse to-morrow. Jane Austen. Emma.
- The mounts of the other two warriors turned squealing in terror, and bolted in opposite directions. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- There he mounts a high tower in his mind and looks out far and wide. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The men were standing by their mounts. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Typist: Willard