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mount

US/maʊnt/ common
verb (8) noun (5)

verb

1.

attach to a support

  • “They mounted the aerator on a floating”
2.

go up or advance

  • “Sales were climbing after prices were lowered”
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3.

fix onto a backing, setting, or support

  • “mount slides for macroscopic analysis”
4.

put up or launch

  • “mount a campaign against pronography”
5.

get on the back of

  • “mount a horse”
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6.

go upward with gradual or continuous progress

  • “Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?”
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7.

prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance

  • “mount a theater production”
  • “mount an attack”
  • “mount a play”
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8.

copulate with

  • “The bull was riding the cow”
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noun

1.
2.

the act of climbing something

  • “it was a difficult climb to the top”
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3.

a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

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4.

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”
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5.

something forming a back that is added for strengthening

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Origin

From Middle English mount, munt, from Old English munt, from Latin mōns (“a hill, mountain”), from a root seen also in ēmineō (“to project, to protrude”) (English eminent). Doublet of mons. Not related to mound.

Phrases

  • Boona Mount
  • bridge mount
  • Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia
  • engine mount
  • Fitzgeralds Mount
  • flush mount
  • Lower Mount Walker
  • Marshall Mount
  • Marys Mount
  • motor mount
  • mount a horse foaled by an acorn
  • Mount Abundance

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