mount
IPA: mˈaʊnt
noun
- A hill or mountain.
- (palmistry) Any of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand, taken to represent the influences of various heavenly bodies.
- (obsolete) A bulwark for offence or defence; a mound.
- (obsolete) A bank; a fund.
- (heraldry) A green hillock in the base of a shield.
- An animal, usually a horse, used to ride on (unlike a draught horse).
- (now only figurative) A car, bicycle, or motorcycle used for racing.
- A mounting; an object on which another object is mounted.
- (obsolete) A rider in a cavalry unit or division.
- A step or block to assist in mounting a horse.
- A signal for mounting a horse.
- (martial arts) A dominant ground grappling position, where one combatant sits on the other combatants torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head.
- A surname.
- A hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7856).
- A hamlet in Warleggan parish, east Cornwall (OS grid ref SX1468).
verb
- (transitive) To get upon; to ascend; to climb.
- (transitive) To place oneself on (a horse, a bicycle, etc.); to bestride.
- (transitive) To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding.
- (obsolete, transitive) To cause (something) to rise or ascend; to drive up; to raise; to elevate; to lift up.
- (transitive, martial arts) To sit on a combatants torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head; to assume the mount position in ground grappling.
- (intransitive, rare) To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; often with up.
- (transitive) To attach (an object) to a support, backing, framework etc.
- (transitive, computing) To attach (a drive or device) to the file system in order to make it available to the operating system.
- (intransitive, sometimes with up) To increase in quantity or intensity.
- (obsolete) To attain in value; to amount (to).
- (transitive) To get on top of (another) for the purpose of copulation.
- (transitive) To have sexual intercourse with someone.
- (transitive) To begin (a campaign, military assault, etc.); to launch.
- (transitive, archaic) To deploy (cannon) for use.
- (transitive) To prepare and arrange the scenery, furniture, etc. for use in (a play or production).
- (cooking) To incorporate fat, especially butter, into (a dish, especially a sauce to finish it).
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Examples of "mount" in Sentences
- The lading is mounted in the ship.
- They mount a cockade with streamers.
- The axle is mounted in its midpoint.
- The expense would be in the mounting.
- The foresail is mounted on a bowsprit.
- The cartridge is mounted in the carriage.
- Controls for the lift are mounted on the tiller.
- The antenna is mounted on the centre of the body.
- The male will mount the female and begin copulation.
- In the past coal was mined at Mount Cygnet and Adventure Bay and at Mount Ossa.
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