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mount

1 American  
[mount] / maʊnt /

verb (used with object)

mounts, present (3rd person singular) mounted, past participle, past mounting present participle

  1. to go up; climb; ascend.

    to mount stairs.
    Synonyms:
    scale
    Antonyms:
    descend

  2. to get up on (a platform, a horse, etc.).

  3. to set or place at an elevation.

    to mount a house on stilts.

  4. to furnish with a horse or other animal for riding.

  5. to set or place (a person) on horseback.

  6. to organize, as an army.

  7. to prepare and launch, as an attack or a campaign.

  8. to raise or put into position for use, as a gun.

  9. (of a fortress or warship) to have or carry (guns) in position for use.

  10. to go or put on guard, as a sentry or watch.

  11. to attach to or fix on or in a support, backing, setting, etc..

    to mount a photograph; to mount a diamond in a ring.

  12. to arrange for display.

    to mount a museum exhibit.

  13. to provide (a play, musical comedy, opera, etc.) with scenery, costumes, and other equipment for production.

  14. to prepare (an animal body or skeleton) as a specimen.

  15. (of a male animal) to climb upon (a female) for copulation.

  16. Microscopy.

    1. to prepare (a slide) for microscopic investigation.

    2. to prepare (a sample) for examination by a microscope, as by placing it on a slide.

verb (used without object)

mounts, present (3rd person singular) mounted, past participle, past mounting present participle

  1. to increase in amount or intensity (often followed byup ).

    The cost of all those small purchases mounts up.

  2. to get up on the back of a horse or other animal for riding.

  3. to rise or go to a higher position, level, degree, etc.; ascend.

    Synonyms:
    soar

  4. to get up on something, as a platform.

noun

  1. the act or a manner of mounting.

  2. a horse, other animal, or sometimes a vehicle, as a bicycle, used, provided, or available for riding.

    Synonyms:
    palfrey, charger, steed, horse

  3. an act or occasion of riding a horse, especially in a race.

  4. a support, backing, setting, or the like, on or in which something is, or is to be, mounted or fixed.

  5. an ornamental metal piece applied to a piece of wooden furniture.

  6. Microscopy. a prepared slide.

  7. a distinctive metal feature on a sheath or scabbard, as a locket or chape.

  8. Philately. hinge.

  9. Printing. a wooden or metal block to which a plate is secured for printing.

mount 2 American  
[mount] / maʊnt /

noun

Chiefly Literary.

  1. a mountain: often used as part of a placename.

mount 1 British  
/ maʊnt /

verb

  1. to go up (a hill, stairs, etc); climb

  2. to get up on (a horse, a platform, etc)

  3. io increase; accumulate

    excitement mounted

  4. (tr) to fix onto a backing, setting, or support

    to mount a photograph

    to mount a slide

  5. (tr) to provide with a horse for riding, or to place on a horse

  6. (of male animals) to climb onto (a female animal) for copulation

  7. (tr) to prepare (a play, musical comedy, etc) for production

  8. (tr) to plan and organize (a compaign, an exhibition, etc)

  9. (tr) military to prepare or launch (an operation)

    the Allies mounted an offensive

  10. (tr) to prepare (a skeleton, dead animal, etc) for exhibition as a specimen

  11. (tr) to place or carry (weapons) in such a position that they can be fired

  12. See guard

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a backing, setting, or support onto which something is fixed

  2. the act or manner of mounting

  3. a horse for riding

  4. a slide used in microscopy

  5. philately

    1. a small transparent pocket in an album for a postage stamp

    2. another word for hinge

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
mount 2 British  
/ maʊnt /

noun

  1. a mountain or hill: used in literature and (when cap.) in proper names

    Mount Everest

  2. (in palmistry) any of the seven cushions of flesh on the palm of the hand

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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See climb.

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Etymology

Origin of mount1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English mounten, from Old French munter, monter, Vulgar Latin (unattested) montāre, derivative of Latin mont- (stem of mōns ) mount 2

Origin of mount2

First recorded before 900; Middle English mount(e), mont, munt(e), Old English munt “mount, hill, mountain,” from Latin mont- (inflectional stem of mōns ) “mountain, hill”

Explanation

To mount is to climb up something, like a ladder, or get on the back of something, like a horse. You can also mount something on another object, like a camera on a tripod or a sticker on a notebook. The word mountain can help you remember that one way to mount is to climb. You can mount a mountain or a flight of stairs. You can also mount a pony by getting on its back or a bicycle by climbing onto it. The oldest meaning of mount is, in fact, "mountain," from the Old French word mont, which has its root in the Latin montem for “mountain."

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