1.  mount(n = noun.animal) riding horse, saddle horse - a lightweight horse kept for riding only;
is a kind of equus caballus, horse
has particulars: remount, palfrey, warhorse, prancer, hack, cow pony, quarter horse, morgan, plantation walking horse, tennessee walker, tennessee walking horse, walking horse, american saddle horse, appaloosa, arab, arabian, lipizzan, lippizan, lippizaner, buckskin, crow-bait, crowbait, dun, gray, grey
Derived form verb mount₅

2.  mount(n = noun.act) climb - the act of climbing something; "it was a difficult climb to the top"
is a kind of ascending, ascension, ascent, rise
has particulars: scaling, clamber, mountain climbing, mountaineering, rock climbing
Derived forms verb mount₂, verb mount₆

3.  mount(n = noun.object) mountain - a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill;
is a kind of elevation, natural elevation
has parts: mountain peak, mountainside, versant
has particulars: alp, ben, seamount, volcano

4.  mount(n = noun.artifact) setting - a 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"
is a kind of mounting
has particulars: pave
Derived form verb mount₃

5.  mount(n = noun.artifact) backing - something forming a back that is added for strengthening;
is a kind of bed, layer, reinforcement, strengthener
is a part of framework
Derived forms verb mount₃, verb mount₁

1.  mount(v = verb.contact) - attach to a support; "They mounted the aerator on a floating"
is one way to attach
Derived form noun mount₅
Sample sentences: The men mount the bookshelves

2.  mount(v = verb.change) climb, rise, wax - go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"
is one way to increase
Derived forms noun mount₂, noun mounting₁
Sample sentences: Something ----s

3.  mount(v = verb.change) - fix onto a backing, setting, or support; "mount slides for macroscopic analysis"
is one way to fix, gear up, prepare, ready, set, set up
Derived forms noun mount₅, noun mount₄, noun mounter₁, noun mounting₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

4.  mount(v = verb.creation) - put up or launch; "mount a campaign against pornography"
is one way to initiate, pioneer
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

5.  mount(v = verb.motion) bestride, climb on, get on, hop on, jump on, mount up - get up on the back of; "mount a horse"
is one way to move
Derived form noun mount₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

6.  mount(v = verb.motion) climb, climb up, go up - go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?"
is one way to arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise
Derived forms noun mount₂, noun mounter₂, noun mounting₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP

7.  mount(v = verb.creation) put on - prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance; "mount a theater production"; "mount an attack"; "mount a play"
is one way to devise, get up, machinate, organise, organize, prepare
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

8.  mount(v = verb.contact) ride - copulate with; "The bull was riding the cow"
is one way to copulate, couple, mate, pair
Sample sentences: Something ----s something

1.  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. [1913 Webster]

2.  A bulwark for offense or defense; a mound. [1913 Webster]
"Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem." [1913 Webster]

3.  A bank; a fund. [1913 Webster]

4.  Any one of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand which are taken as significant of the influence of “planets,” and called the mounts of Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, the Moon, Saturn, the Sun or Apollo, and Venus. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

1.  To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; -- often with up. [1913 Webster]
"Though Babylon should mount up to heaven." [1913 Webster]
"The fire of trees and houses mounts on high." [1913 Webster]

2.  To get up on anything, as a platform or scaffold; especially, to seat one's self on a horse for riding. [1913 Webster]

3.  To attain in value; to amount. [1913 Webster]
"Bring then these blessings to a strict account,
Make fair deductions, see to what they mount." [1913 Webster]

1.  To get upon; to ascend; to climb; as, to mount the pulpit and deliver a sermon. [1913 Webster]
"Shall we mount again the rural throne?" [1913 Webster]

2.  To place one's self on, as a horse or other animal, or anything that one sits upon; to bestride. [1913 Webster]

3.  To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding; to furnish with horses. Dryden. [1913 Webster]

4.  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.; as, to mount a picture or diploma in a frame [1913 Webster]

5.  To raise aloft; to lift on high. [1913 Webster]
" A fort or ship is said to mount cannon, when it has them arranged for use in or about it." [1913 Webster]
"What power is it which mounts my love so high?" [1913 Webster]

   That upon which a person or thing is mounted [1913 Webster]
"She had so good a seat and hand, she might be trusted with any mount." [1913 Webster]

mount, v. & n.
--v.
1 tr. ascend or climb (a hill, stairs, etc.).
2 tr. a get up on (an animal, esp. a horse) to ride it. b set (a person) on horseback. c provide (a person) with a horse. d (as mounted adj.) serving on horseback (mounted police).
3 tr. go up or climb on to (a raised surface).
4 intr. a move upwards. b (often foll. by up) increase, accumulate. c (of a feeling) become stronger or more intense (excitement was mounting). d (of the blood) rise into the cheeks.
5 tr. (esp. of a male animal) get on to (a female) to copulate.
6 tr. (often foll. by on) place (an object) on an elevated support.
7 tr. a set in or attach to a backing, setting, or other support. b attach (a picture etc.) to a mount or frame. c fix (an object for viewing) on a microscope slide.
8 tr. a arrange (a play, exhibition, etc.) or present for public view or display. b take action to initiate (a programme, campaign, etc.).
9 tr. prepare (specimens) for preservation.
10 tr. a bring into readiness for operation. b raise (guns) into position on a fixed mounting.
11 intr. rise to a higher level of rank, power, etc.
--n.
1 a backing, setting, or other support on which a picture etc. is set for display.
2 the margin surrounding a picture or photograph.
3 a a horse available for riding. b an opportunity to ride a horse, esp. as a jockey.
4 = stamp-hinge (see HINGE).

Idiom:
mount guard (often foll. by over) perform the duty of guarding; take up sentry duty.

Derivative:
mountable adj. mounter n.

mount, n. archaic (except before a name): mountain, hill (Mount Everest; Mount of Olives).

Etymology:
ME f. OE munt & OF mont f. L mons montis mountain

VB  be great, run high, soar, tower, transcend, rise to a great height, carry to a great height, know no bounds, ascend, mount, enlarge.

N  height, altitude, elevation, eminence, pitch, loftiness, sublimity, tallness, stature, procerity, prominence, colossus, giant, grenadier, giraffe, camelopard, mount, mountain, hill alto, butte, monticle, fell, knap, cape, headland, foreland, promontory, ridge, hog's back, dune, rising ground, vantage ground, down, moor, moorland, Alp, uplands, highlands, heights, knob, loma, pena, picacho, tump, knoll, hummock, hillock, barrow, mound, mole, steeps, bluff, cliff, craig, tor, peak, pike, clough, escarpment, edge, ledge, brae, dizzy height, tower, pillar, column, obelisk, monument, steeple, spire, minaret, campanile, turret, dome, cupola, skyscraper, pole, pikestaff, maypole, flagstaff, top mast, topgallant mast, ceiling, high water, high tide, flood tide, spring tide, altimetry, batophobia, satellite, spy-in-the-sky, high, elevated, eminent, exalted, lofty, tall, gigantic, Patagonian, towering, beetling, soaring, hanging (gardens), elevated, upper, highest, high reaching, insessorial, perching, upland, moorland, hilly, knobby, mountainous, alpine, subalpine, heaven kissing, cloudtopt, cloudcapt, cloudtouching, aerial, overhanging, incumbent, overlying, superincumbent, supernatant, superimposed, prominent, tall as a maypole, tall as a poplar, tall as a steeple, lanky, on high, high up, aloft, up, above, aloof, overhead, airwind, upstairs, abovestairs, in the clouds, on tiptoe, on stilts, on the shoulders of, over head and ears, breast high, over, upwards, from top to bottom, e meglio cader dalle finistre che dal tetto.

VB  be high, tower, soar, command, hover, hover over, fly over, orbit, be in orbit, cap, culminate, overhang, hang over, impend, beetle, bestride, ride, mount, perch, surmount, cover, overtop, stand on tiptoe, become high, grow higher, grow taller, upgrow, rise, send into orbit, render high, heighten.

VB  be ostentatious, come forward, put oneself forward, attract attention, star it, cut a figure, make a dash, make a splash, make a splurge, cut a dash, cut a splash, cut a splurge, figure, figure away, make a show, make a display, glitter, show off, show off one's paces, parade, march past, display, exhibit, put forward, hold up, trot out, hand out, sport, brandish, blazon forth, dangle, dangle before the eyes, cry up, proner, flaunt, emblazon, prink, set off, mount, have framed and glazed, put a good face upon, put a smiling face upon, clean the outside of the platter.

VB  ascend, rise, mount, arise, uprise, go up, get up, work one's way up, start up, shoot up, go into orbit, float up, bubble up, aspire, climb, clamber, ramp, scramble, escalade, surmount, shin, shinny, shinney, scale, scale the heights, raise, elevate, go aloft, fly aloft, tower, soar, take off, spring up, pop up, jump up, catapult upwards, explode upwards, hover, spire, plane, swim, float, surge, leap.

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