Dictionary entries for 'mount'

Synonyms

mount¹ (mount)

[Middle English mounten, from Old French monter, from Vulgar Latin* montāre, from Latin mōns, mont-, mountain.]

verb: mount·ed, mount·ing, mounts.

To climb or ascend: mount stairs.
To place oneself upon; get up on: mount a horse; mount a platform.
To climb onto (a female) for copulation. Used of male animals.
1. To furnish with a horse for riding.
2. To set on a horse: mount the saddle.
To set in a raised position: mount a bed on blocks.
1. To fix securely to a support: mount an engine in a car.
2. To place or fix on or in the appropriate support or setting for display or study: mount stamps in an album; mount cells on a slide.
To provide with scenery, costumes, and other equipment necessary for production: mount a play.
To organize and equip: mount an army.
To prepare and set in motion: mount an attack.
1. To set in position for use: mount guns.
2. To carry as equipment: The warship mounted ten guns.
To post (a guard).

To go upward; rise.
To get up on something, as a horse or bicycle.
To increase in amount, extent, or intensity: Costs are mounting up. Fear quickly mounted. See synonyms at rise

The act or manner of mounting.
A means of conveyance, such as a horse, on which to ride.
An opportunity to ride a horse in a race.
An object to which another is affixed or on which another is placed for accessibility, display, or use, especially:
1. A glass slide for use with a microscope.
2. A hinge used to fasten stamps in an album.
3. A setting for a jewel.
4. An undercarriage or stand on which a device rests while in service.

mount² (mount)

[Middle English mont, from Old English munt, and from Old French mont, munt, both from Latin mōns, mont-.]

A mountain or hill. Used especially as part of a proper name.
Any of the seven fleshy cushions around the edges of the palm of the hand in palmistry.