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mount
1[mount]
verb (used with object)
to mount stairs.
Synonyms:Antonyms:to get up on (a platform, a horse, etc.).
to set or place at an elevation.
to mount a house on stilts.
to furnish with a horse or other animal for riding.
to set or place (a person) on horseback.
to organize, as an army.
to prepare and launch, as an attack or a campaign.
to raise or put into position for use, as a gun.
(of a fortress or warship) to have or carry (guns) in position for use.
to go or put on guard, as a sentry or watch.
to attach to or fix on or in a support, backing, setting, etc..
to mount a photograph; to mount a diamond in a ring.
to arrange for display.
to mount a museum exhibit.
to provide (a play, musical comedy, opera, etc.) with scenery, costumes, and other equipment for production.
to prepare (an animal body or skeleton) as a specimen.
(of a male animal) to climb upon (a female) for copulation.
Microscopy.
to prepare (a slide) for microscopic investigation.
to prepare (a sample) for examination by a microscope, as by placing it on a slide.
verb (used without object)
to increase in amount or intensity (often followed byup ).
The cost of all those small purchases mounts up.
to get up on the back of a horse or other animal for riding.
to rise or go to a higher position, level, degree, etc.; ascend.
Synonyms:to get up on something, as a platform.
noun
the act or a manner of mounting.
a horse, other animal, or sometimes a vehicle, as a bicycle, used, provided, or available for riding.
Synonyms: , , ,an act or occasion of riding a horse, especially in a race.
a support, backing, setting, or the like, on or in which something is, or is to be, mounted or fixed.
an ornamental metal piece applied to a piece of wooden furniture.
Microscopy.a prepared slide.
a distinctive metal feature on a sheath or scabbard, as a locket or chape.
Philately.hinge.
Printing.a wooden or metal block to which a plate is secured for printing.
mount
2[mount]
noun
a mountain: often used as part of a placename.
mount
1/ ʊԳ /
verb
to go up (a hill, stairs, etc); climb
to get up on (a horse, a platform, etc)
io increase; accumulate
excitement mounted
(tr) to fix onto a backing, setting, or support
to mount a photograph
to mount a slide
(tr) to provide with a horse for riding, or to place on a horse
(of male animals) to climb onto (a female animal) for copulation
(tr) to prepare (a play, musical comedy, etc) for production
(tr) to plan and organize (a compaign, an exhibition, etc)
(tr) military to prepare or launch (an operation)
the Allies mounted an offensive
(tr) to prepare (a skeleton, dead animal, etc) for exhibition as a specimen
(tr) to place or carry (weapons) in such a position that they can be fired
See guard
noun
a backing, setting, or support onto which something is fixed
the act or manner of mounting
a horse for riding
a slide used in microscopy
philately
a small transparent pocket in an album for a postage stamp
another word for hinge
mount
2/ ʊԳ /
noun
a mountain or hill: used in literature and (when cap.) in proper names
Mount Everest
(in palmistry) any of the seven cushions of flesh on the palm of the hand
Other 51Թ Forms
- mountable adjective
- mountless adjective
- unmountable adjective
- ˈdzܲԳٱ noun
- ˈdzܲԳٲ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of mount1
Origin of mount2
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of mount1
Origin of mount2
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Israel has also rejected mounting international criticism of the GHF project.
Australia - the only other potential candidate - decided not to enter the running, hinting it was futile to do so after being given less than a month by Fifa to mount a challenge.
That strategy of decapitation of Hezbollah senior figures had devastating consequences for the group and its ability to mount a sustainable counter offensive.
Amid mounting speculation over his own future, the prime minister called a news conference in a bid to distance himself from the creeping scandal.
The officers summoned a group of mounted officers, who trampled through traffic and knocked at least one protester down.
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