What does "mount" mean?
A hill or mountain.
Mount
/maʊnt/ name, noun, verb
name, noun, verb ·Very common ·Middle school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A hill or mountain.
- Grammar: mount is listed as name, noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: climb, accrue, accumulate, accumulates.
- Useful contrasts: abort, cease, descend.
- Usage evidence: In 776 B.C., the first Olympic Games were held at the foot of Mount Olympus to honor the Greeks' chief god, Zeus.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A hill or mountain.
- 2 An animal, usually a horse, used to ride on.
"The rider climbed onto his mount."
- 3 the act of climbing something wordnet
- 4 Any of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand, taken to represent the influences of various heavenly bodies.
"the mount of Jupiter"
- 5 A car, bicycle, or motorcycle used for racing. figuratively
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- 6 a lightweight horse kept for riding only wordnet
- 7 A bulwark for offence or defence; a mound. obsolete
"⸿ 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."
- 8 A mounting; an object on which another object is mounted.
"The post is the mount on which the mailbox is installed."
- 9 something forming a back that is added for strengthening wordnet
- 10 A bank; a fund. obsolete
- 11 A rider in a cavalry unit or division. obsolete
"The General said he has 2,000 mounts."
- 12 a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place wordnet
- 13 A green hillock in the base of a shield.
- 14 A step or block to assist in mounting a horse.
- 15 a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill wordnet
- 16 A signal for mounting a horse.
- 17 A dominant ground grappling position, where one combatant sits on the other combatants torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head.
- 18 The act of getting onto the apparatus.
Verb
- 1 To get upon; to ascend; to climb. transitive
"to mount stairs"
- 2 fix onto a backing, setting, or support wordnet
- 3 To place oneself on (a horse, a bicycle, etc.); to bestride. transitive
"The rider mounted his horse."
- 4 go up or advance wordnet
- 5 To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding. transitive
"to mount the Trojan troop"
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- 6 attach to a support wordnet
- 7 To cause (something) to rise or ascend; to drive up; to raise; to elevate; to lift up. obsolete, transitive
"What power is it which mounts my love so high?"
- 8 copulate with wordnet
- 9 To sit on a combatant's torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head; to assume the mount position in ground grappling. transitive
- 10 put up or launch wordnet
- 11 To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; often with up. intransitive, rare
"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."
- 12 prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance wordnet
- 13 To attach (an object) to a support, backing, framework etc. transitive
"to mount a mailbox on a post"
- 14 go upward with gradual or continuous progress wordnet
- 15 To attach (a drive or device) to the file system in order to make it available to the operating system. transitive
"Burn the contents of the staging area onto a writable CD-ROM, carry it over to the Web server, and mount it."
- 16 get up on the back of wordnet
- 17 To increase in quantity or intensity. intransitive, sometimes, with-up
"The bills mounted up and the business failed. There is mounting tension in Crimea."
- 18 To attain in value; to amount (to). obsolete
"Bring then these blessings to a strict account, Make fair deductions, see to what they mount."
- 19 To get on top of (another) for the purpose of copulation. transitive
"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 be on the bottom and you on the top?""
- 20 To have or begin sexual intercourse with someone. transitive
"She mounted him last night."
- 21 To begin (a campaign, military assault, etc.); to launch. transitive
"The General gave the order to mount the attack."
- 22 To deploy (cannon) for use. archaic, transitive
"to mount a cannon"
- 23 To prepare and arrange the scenery, furniture, etc. for use in (a play or production). transitive
- 24 To incorporate fat, especially butter, into (a dish, especially a sauce to finish it).
"Mount the sauce with one tablespoon of butter."
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname. countable, uncountable
- 2 A hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7856). countable, uncountable
- 3 A hamlet in Warleggan parish, east Cornwall (OS grid ref SX1468). countable, uncountable
Example
"In 776 B.C., the first Olympic Games were held at the foot of Mount Olympus to honor the Greeks' chief god, Zeus."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "mount"?
Common synonyms include: climb, accrue, accumulate, accumulates, advance, affix.
How do you use "mount" in a sentence?
In 776 B.C., the first Olympic Games were held at the foot of Mount Olympus to honor the Greeks' chief god, Zeus.
How do you pronounce "mount"?
Pronounced /maʊnt/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From 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.
Etymology 2
From Middle English mounten, from Anglo-Norman munter, from Vulgar Latin *montāre (“climb”), from Latin montem (“mountain”). Compare modern French monter.
Etymology 3
English surname, from the noun mount.