Mountain
['maʊntɪn] or ['maʊntn]
Definition
(noun.) a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill.
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Definition
(n.) A large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land; earth and rock forming an isolated peak or a ridge; an eminence higher than a hill; a mount.
(n.) A range, chain, or group of such elevations; as, the White Mountains.
(n.) A mountainlike mass; something of great bulk.
(a.) Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains; among mountains; as, a mountain torrent; mountain pines; mountain goats; mountain air; mountain howitzer.
(a.) Like a mountain; mountainous; vast; very great.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Mount, high hill, vast eminence.
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Definition
n. a high hill: anything very large: a wine made from mountain grapes: the extreme party in the French Revolution (see Montagnard).—adj. of or relating to a mountain: growing or dwelling on a mountain.—ns. Mount′ain-ash the rowan-tree with bunches of red berries common on mountains; Mount′ain-blue blue carbonate of copper; Mount′ain-bram′ble the cloudberry; Mount′ain-cat a catamount a wild-cat; Mount′ain-chain a number of mountains connected together in one line; Mount′ain-cork Mount′ain-leath′er a very light and whitish variety of asbestos; Mount′ain-deer the chamois; Mount′ain-dew whisky.—adj. Mount′ained.—ns. Mountaineer′ an inhabitant of a mountain: a climber of mountains: a rustic; Mountaineer′ing the practice of climbing mountains; Mount′ain-flax a fibrous asbestos; Mount′ain-lime′stone (geol.) a series of limestone strata separating the Old Red Sandstone from the coal-measures; Mount′ain-līon the cougar; Mount′ain-milk a spongy carbonate of lime.—adj. Mount′ainous full of mountains: large as a mountain: huge.—ns. Mount′ain-rice an awnless rice grown without irrigation on the Himalayas &c.; Mount′ain-sheep the bighorn of the Rocky Mountains; Mount′ain-soap a greasy clay-like mineral a kind of halloysite—also Rock-soap; Mount′ain-tall′ow a mineral substance called also Hatchettite; Mount′ain-tea the American evergreen Gaultheria procumbens.—Old man of the mountain a popular name for the chief of the 11th century Hashshāshīn (see Assassin).
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Unserious Contents or Definition
For a young woman to dream of crossing a mountain in company with her cousin and dead brother, who was smiling, denotes she will have a distinctive change in her life for the better, but there are warnings against allurements and deceitfulness of friends. If she becomes exhausted and refuses to go further, she will be slightly disappointed in not gaining quite so exalted a position as was hoped for by her. If you ascend a mountain in your dreams, and the way is pleasant and verdant, you will rise swiftly to wealth and prominence. If the mountain is rugged, and you fail to reach the top, you may expect reverses in your life, and should strive to overcome all weakness in your nature. To awaken when you are at a dangerous point in ascending, denotes that you will find affairs taking a flattering turn when they appear gloomy.
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Examples
- It was a corrugated, unsightly mountain of stone. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The forest of oak trees on the mountain beyond the town was gone. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Still, said Maurice pertinently, the sun is still below the eastern side of the mountain, yet the air is quite warm. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Besides, is it not a shame, that the genius of Adrian should fade from the earth like a flower in an untrod mountain-path, fruitless? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The spire of Evian shone under the woods that surrounded it, and the range of mountain above mountain by which it was overhung. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- She is like a mountain and the boy and the girl are like young trees. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It rained on all morning and turned the snow to slush and made the mountain-side dismal. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- She's gone up the mountain with her mistress. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- There is not much of that, said Crispin quickly; the people of Melnos stay at home in the heart of the mountain. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Troops from Lookout Valley carried the point of the mountain, and now hold the eastern slope and a point high up. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He then commenced ascending the mountain directly in his front. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The only army Santa Anna had to protect his capital and the mountain passes west of Vera Cruz, was the one he had with him confronting General Taylor. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- We may infer from the frozen mammals and nature of the mountain vegetation, that Siberia was similarly affected. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- You pinched off one mountain and they pinched off another but when something really started every one had to get down off the mountains. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- It was the law of my fathers, said Rebecca; it was delivered in thunders and in storms upon the mountain of Sinai, in cloud and in fire. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Night also closed around; and when I could hardly see the dark mountains, I felt still more gloomily. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- To the eastward lies the Valley of the Jordan and beyond it the mountains of Gilead. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He knew with the first breath he drew that the snow had been only a freak storm in the mountains and it would be gone by noon. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- If the flank were turned, the best men would be left on the highest mountains. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Maybe he is with a band in other mountains. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- They talk, as always, of troops to be sent to clear out these mountains. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- We trucked freight across the mountains with the big carts before the camions came into use. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I did not believe in a war in mountains. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Now the fighting was in the next mountains beyond and was not a mile away. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He has people in the mountains. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The wind was down or we were protected by mountains that bounded the curve the lake had made. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- All the highest mountains were beyond. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- While they had spoken the sun had clouded over and as he looked back up toward the mountains the sky was now heavy and gray. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- We see the same fact in ascending mountains, and sometimes it is quite remarkable how abruptly, as Alph. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- It was in alliance with these that Cortez advanced over the mountains into the valley of Mexico, (1519)[397]. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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