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mount 1  (mount)
v. mount·ed, mount·ing, mounts
v.tr.
1. To climb or ascend: mount stairs.
2. To place oneself upon; get up on: mount a horse; mount a platform.
3. To climb onto (a female) for copulation. Used of male animals.
4.
a. To furnish with a horse for riding.
b. To set on a horse: mount the saddle.
5. To set in a raised position: mount a bed on blocks.
6.
a. To fix securely to a support: mount an engine in a car.
b. To place or fix on or in the appropriate support or setting for display or study: mount stamps in an album; mount cells on a slide.
7. To provide with scenery, costumes, and other equipment necessary for production: mount a play.
8. To organize and equip: mount an army.
9. To prepare and set in motion: mount an attack.
10.
a. To set in position for use: mount guns.
b. To carry as equipment: The warship mounted ten guns.
11. To post (a guard).
v.intr.
1. To go upward; rise.
2. To get up on something, as a horse or bicycle.
3. To increase in amount, extent, or intensity: Costs are mounting up. Fear quickly mounted. See Synonyms at rise.
n.
1. The act or manner of mounting.
2. A means of conveyance, such as a horse, on which to ride.
3. An opportunity to ride a horse in a race.
4. An object to which another is affixed or on which another is placed for accessibility, display, or use, especially:
a. A glass slide for use with a microscope.
b. A hinge used to fasten stamps in an album.
c. A setting for a jewel.
d. An undercarriage or stand on which a device rests while in service.

[Middle English mounten, from Old French monter, from Vulgar Latin *montre, from Latin mns, mont-, mountain; see men-2 in Indo-European roots.]

mounta·ble adj.
mounter n.

mount 2  (mount)
n.
1. Abbr. Mt. A mountain or hill. Used especially as part of a proper name.
2. Any of the seven fleshy cushions around the edges of the palm of the hand in palmistry.

[Middle English mont, from Old English munt and from Old French mont, munt, both from Latin mns, mont-; see men-2 in Indo-European roots.]

mounted [ˈmaʊntɪd]
adj
1. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Training, Riding & Manège) equipped with or riding horses mounted police
2. provided with a support, backing, etc.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.mounted - assembled for use; especially by being attached to a support
affixed - firmly attached; "the affixed labels"
2.mounted - decorated with applied ornamentation; often used in combination; "the trim brass-mounted carbine of the ranger"- F.V.W.Mason
adorned, decorated - provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction
Translations
mounted [ˈmaʊntɪd] ADJ
1. (on horseback) → montado
the mounted policela policía montada
2. [photograph] → montado
mounted [ˈmaʊntɪd] adjmonté(e)
mounted police npolice f montée
mounted
adj (= on horseback)beritten; (Mil, = with motor vehicles) → motorisiert
mounted [ˈmaʊntɪd] adja cavallo
mounted [ˈmaʊntɪd] adja cavallo


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There were shrieks and shouts, and suddenly a mounted policeman came galloping through the confusion with his hands clasped over his head, screaming.
A few soldiers, commanded by a sergeant, drove away idlers from the place where the duke had mounted his horse.
But when war broke out, a heavily armed soldier mounted the Horse, and riding him to the charge, rushed into the very midst of the enemy.
 
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