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

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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

Typist: Willard

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