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Meaning of 'mount' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Mount [ n.]
- To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; -- often with up.
- To get up on anything, as a platform or scaffold; especially, to seat one's self on a horse for riding.
- To attain in value; to amount.
2 . Mount [ v.]
- A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably above the common surface of the surrounding land; a mountain; a high hill; -- used always instead of mountain, when put before a proper name; as, Mount Washington; otherwise, chiefly in poetry.
- A bulwark for offense or defense; a mound.
- A bank; a fund.
- That upon which a person or thing is mounted
- A horse.
- The cardboard or cloth on which a drawing, photograph, or the like is mounted; a mounting.
3 . Mount [ v. t.]
- To get upon; to ascend; to climb.
- To place one's self on, as a horse or other animal, or anything that one sits upon; to bestride.
- To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding; to furnish with horses.
- Hence: To put upon anything that sustains and fits for use, as a gun on a carriage, a map or picture on cloth or paper; to prepare for being worn or otherwise used, as a diamond by setting, or a sword blade by adding the hilt, scabbard, etc.
- To raise aloft; to lift on high.

Meaning of 'mount' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . mount [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the act of climbing something
Example in sentence:
  • it was a difficult climb to the top
Meaning (2):
- a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place
Example in sentence:
  • the diamond was in a plain gold mount
3 . mount [ v]
Meaning (3):
- go upward with gradual or continuous progress
Example in sentence:
  • Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?
Meaning (4):
- put up or launch
Example in sentence:
  • mount a campaign against pornography
Meaning (5):
- get up on the back of
Example in sentence:
  • mount a horse
Meaning (6):
- prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance
Example in sentence:
  • mount a play;
  • mount a theater production;
  • mount an attack
Meaning (7):
- fix onto a backing, setting, or support
Example in sentence:
  • mount slides for macroscopic analysis
Meaning (8):
- go up or advance
Example in sentence:
  • Sales were climbing after prices were lowered
Meaning (9):
- copulate with
Example in sentence:
  • The bull was riding the cow
Meaning (10):
- attach to a support
Example in sentence:
  • They mounted the aerator on a floating

Nearby Words:

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