mount
25 ENTRIES FOUND:
- mount (verb)
- mount (noun)
- mount (noun)
- mounted (adjective)
- mounting (noun)
- wall–mounted (adjective)
- Elbert, Mount (proper noun)
- Elbrus, Mount (proper noun)
- Etna, Mount (proper noun)
- Katahdin, Mount (proper noun)
- Logan, Mount (proper noun)
- McKinley, Mount (proper noun)
- Mitchell, Mount (proper noun)
- Rainier, Mount (proper noun)
- Robson, Mount (proper noun)
- Rushmore, Mount (proper noun)
- Saint Helens, Mount (proper noun)
- Whitney, Mount (proper noun)
- Ararat (proper noun)
- Everest (proper noun)
- Fuji (proper noun)
- Kilimanjaro (proper noun)
- Olympus (proper noun)
- Palomar Mountain (proper noun)
- Vesuvius (proper noun)
mounts;mounted;mounting
mounts;mounted;mounting
Britannica Dictionary definition of MOUNT
1
[+ object]:to go or climb up (something):to climb up onto (something)
- mount a ladder
- mount the stairs
2
[no object]:to increase in amount
- Their troubles have continued tomount.
- The pressuremounted as the crisis continued.
- Costs canmount (up) very quickly.
3
:to seat yourself on a horse, bicycle, etc.
[+ object]
- The cowboymounted his horse and then quickly dismounted.
- Shemounted her bicycle and rode away.
[no object]
- The cowboymounted (up) and rode off.
4
[+ object]:to attach (something) to something for support or use —often +on
- The jewelermounted the pearl in a ring.
- Shemounted the photograph to a piece of cardboard.
- The airplane's engines aremounted on the wings. [=are attached to the wings]
- Hemounted a rackon the roof of his car.
- The speakers weremounted on the walls.
- Hemounted a specimenon a slide for examination with a microscope.
5
[+ object]:to organize and do (something that usually requires the effort of many people)
- mount an assault/attack
- The police havemounted a nationwide search for the killer.
- She is expected tomount a serious challenge in the coming election.
- The museum ismounting an exhibition of his paintings.
6
[+ object]of a male animal:to climb onto (a female animal) in order to have sex
— mounting
adjective- The company is faced withmounting [=increasing] costs.
- mounting debts/tension/frustration
2 mount/ˈmaʊnt/noun
pluralmounts
2 mount
/ˈmaʊnt/
noun
pluralmounts
Britannica Dictionary definition of MOUNT
[count]
1
:something onto which something else is or can be attached
- a lensmount [=the part of a camera where a lens is attached]
2
old-fashioned + literary:a horse that is being ridden by a person
- The cowboy got down slowly from hismount.
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