/maʊnt/, [maʊnt], [maʊnʔ]
OriginFrom Middle English mount, munt, from Old English munt, from Latin mōns (“a hill, mountain”), from a root seen also in ēmineō (“I project, I protrude”) (English eminent). Doublet of mons. Not related to mound.
- A hill or mountain.
- Any of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand, taken to represent the influences of various heavenly bodies.
- obsoleteA bulwark for offence or defence; a mound.
“⸿ For thus hath the Lord of hoſtes said ; Hew yee downe trees and ‖ caſt a mount againſt Jeruſalem : this is the citie to be viſited, ſhe is wholly oppreſſion in the midſt of her.”
- obsoleteA bank; a fund.
- A green hillock in the base of a shield.
- An animal, usually a horse, used to ride on.
“The rider climbed onto his mount.”
- figurativelyA car, bicycle, or motorcycle used for racing.
- A mounting; an object on which another object is mounted.
“The post is the mount on which the mailbox is installed.”
- obsoleteA rider in a cavalry unit or division.
“The General said he has 2,000 mounts.”
- A step or block to assist in mounting a horse.
- A signal for mounting a horse.
- A dominant ground grappling position, where one combatant sits on the other combatants torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head.
- The act of getting onto the apparatus.
- transitiveTo get upon; to ascend; to climb.
“to mount stairs”
“Or shall we mount again the Rural Throne,
And rule the Country Kingdoms, once our own?”
“This time I was received with a smile. Monsieur Poirot was within. Would I mount? I mounted accordingly.”
- transitiveTo place oneself on (a horse, a bicycle, etc.); to bestride.
“The rider mounted his horse.”
- transitiveTo cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding.
“to mount the Trojan troop”
- obsolete, transitiveTo cause (something) to rise or ascend; to drive up; to raise; to elevate; to lift up.
“What power is it which mounts my love so high?”
- transitiveTo sit on a combatant's torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head; to assume the mount position in ground grappling.
- intransitive, rareTo rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; often with up.
“Though Babylon ſhould mount vp to heauen, and though ſhee ſhould fortifie the height of her ſtrength, yet from me ſhall ſpoilers come vnto her, ſaith the Lord.”
“The fire of trees and houses mounts on high.”
“I was at the Mathematical School, where the Maſter taught his Pupils after a Method ſcarce imaginable to us in Europe. The Propoſition and Demonſtration were fairly written on a thin Wafer, with Ink c”
- transitiveTo attach (an object) to a support, backing, framework etc.
“to mount a mailbox on a post”
“to mount a specimen on a small plate of glass for viewing by a microscope”
“to mount a photograph on cardboard”
- transitiveTo attach (a drive or device) to the file system in order to make it available to the operating system.
“Burn the contents of the staging area onto a writable CD-ROM, carry it over to the Web server, and mount it.”
- intransitive, sometimes, with-upTo increase in quantity or intensity.
“The bills mounted up and the business failed. There is mounting tension in Crimea.”
- obsoleteTo attain in value; to amount (to).
“Bring then these blessings to a strict account,
Make fair deductions, see to what they mount.”
- transitiveTo get on top of (another) for the purpose of copulation.
“When God presented Lilith to Adam, Adam was overjoyed and enthusiastically set her on the ground and tried to mount her after the fashion of the animals; but Lilith protested and said: "Why should I b”
- transitiveTo have or begin sexual intercourse with someone.
“She mounted him last night.”
- transitiveTo begin (a campaign, military assault, etc.); to launch.
“The General gave the order to mount the attack.”
“For Liverpool, their season will now be regarded as a relative disappointment after failure to add the FA Cup to the Carling Cup and not mounting a challenge to reach the Champions League places.”
“Corals mount a two-stage response to heat stress, first bleaching and then dying. Some of the southernmost reefs, exposed to the hottest water, are already dead but those in slightly cooler locations ”
- archaic, transitiveTo deploy (cannon) for use.
- transitiveTo prepare and arrange the scenery, furniture, etc. for use in (a play or production).
- To incorporate fat, especially butter, into (a dish, especially a sauce to finish it).
“Mount the sauce with one tablespoon of butter.”
- countable, uncountableA surname.
- countable, uncountableA hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7856).
- countable, uncountableA hamlet in Warleggan parish, east Cornwall (OS grid ref SX1468).
Formsmounts(plural) · mounts(present, singular, third-person) · mounting(participle, present) · mounted(participle, past) · mounted(past) · Mounts(plural)