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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.

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

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mounta·ble adj.

mounter n.

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mount ¹

Verb

1. to climb or ascend: he mounted the stairs to his flat

2. to get up on a horse, a platform, etc.

3. Also: (mount up) to increase or accumulate: costs do mount up, the tension mounted

4. to fix onto a backing, setting, or support: sensors mounted on motorway bridges

5. to organize and stage a campaign, a play, etc.: the Allies mounted a counter attack on the eastern front

Noun

1. a backing, setting, or support onto which something is fixed: a diamond set in a gold mount

2. a horse for riding: none of his mounts at yesterday's race meeting finished better than third [same as mount²]

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mount ²

Noun

a mountain or hill: used in literature and (when cap.) in proper names: Mount Etna [Latin mons mountain]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mount - a lightweight horse kept for riding only riding horse, saddle horse Equus caballus, horse - solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times remount - a fresh horse especially (formerly) to replace one killed or injured in battle palfrey - especially a light saddle horse for a woman warhorse - horse used in war prancer - a mettlesome or fiery horse hack - a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc. cow pony - a light saddle horse trained for herding cattle quarter horse - a small powerful horse originally bred for sprinting in quarter-mile races in Virginia Morgan - an American breed of small compact saddle horses Plantation walking horse, Tennessee walker, Tennessee walking horse, Walking horse - a horse marked by stamina and trained to move at a fast running walk American saddle horse - a high-stepping horse originating in Kentucky Appaloosa - a hardy breed of saddle horse developed in western North America and characteristically having a spotted rump Arab, Arabian - a spirited graceful and intelligent riding horse native to Arabia Lipizzan, Lippizan, Lippizaner - a compact and sturdy saddle horse that is bred and trained in Vienna; smart and docile and excellent for dressage; "a Lippizan is black or brown when born but turns white by the time it is five years old" buckskin - horse of a light yellowish dun color with dark mane and tail crow-bait, crowbait - an emaciated horse likely soon to become carrion and so attractive to crows dun - horse of a dull brownish grey color gray, grey - horse of a light gray or whitish color
	2.	mount - the act of climbing something; "it was a difficult climb to the top" climb ascending, rise, ascent, ascension - the act of changing location in an upward direction scaling - ascent by or as if by a ladder clamber - an awkward climb; "reaching the crest was a real clamber" mountain climbing, mountaineering - the activity of climbing a mountain rock climbing - the sport or pastime of scaling rock masses on mountain sides (especially with the help of ropes and special equipment)
	3.	mount - a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill mountain alp - any high mountain ben - a mountain or tall hill; "they were climbing the ben" mountain peak - the summit of a mountain mountainside, versant - the side or slope of a mountain; "conifer forests cover the eastern versant" natural elevation, elevation - a raised or elevated geological formation seamount - an underwater mountain rising above the ocean floor volcano - a mountain formed by volcanic material
	4.	mount - a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place; "the diamond was in a plain gold mount" setting mounting - framework used for support or display pave - a setting with precious stones so closely set that no metal shows
	5.	mount - something forming a back that is added for strengthening backing framework - a structure supporting or containing something layer, bed - single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance; "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach" strengthener, reinforcement - a device designed to provide additional strength; "the cardboard backing was just a strengthener"; "he used gummed reinforcements to hold the page in his notebook"
Verb	1.	mount - attach to a support; "They mounted the aerator on a floating" attach - cause to be attached remount - mount again, as after disassembling something
	2.	mount - go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered" wax, climb, rise jump - increase suddenly and significantly; "Prices jumped overnight" increase - become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased" gain, advance - rise in rate or price; "The stock market gained 24 points today"
	3.	mount - fix onto a backing, setting, or support; "mount slides for macroscopic analysis" gear up, prepare, ready, set, fix, set up - make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"
	4.	mount - put up or launch; "mount a campaign against pornography" initiate, pioneer - take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of; "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants"
	5.	mount - get up on the back of; "mount a horse" bestride, climb on, hop on, jump on, mount up, get on move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" remount - mount again; "he remounted his horse"
	6.	mount - go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?" climb, climb up, go up scale - climb up by means of a ladder escalade - climb up and over; "They had to escalade canyons to reach their destination" ramp - creep up -- used especially of plants; "The roses ramped over the wall" mountaineer - climb mountains for pleasure as a sport go up, rise, move up, lift, arise, come up, uprise - move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows" ride - climb up on the body; "Shorts that ride up"; "This skirt keeps riding up my legs"
	7.	mount - prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance; "mount a theater production"; "mount an attack"; "mount a play" put on rerun - rerun a performance of a play, for example machinate, devise, prepare, organise, organize, get up - arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"
	8.	mount - copulate with; "The bull was riding the cow" ride mammal, mammalian - any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk copulate, mate, couple, pair - engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring"

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mount

verb 1. Military launch, stage, prepare, deliver, set in motion

verb 2. increase, build, grow, swell, intensify, escalate, multiply << OPPOSITE decrease

verb 3. accumulate, increase, collect, gather, build up, pile up, amass, cumulate

verb 4. ascend, scale, climb (up), go up, clamber up, make your way up << OPPOSITE descend

verb 5. get (up) on, jump on, straddle, climb onto, climb up on, hop on to, bestride, get on the back of, get astride << OPPOSITE get off

verb 6. display, set, frame, set off

verb 7. fit, place, set, position, set up, fix, secure, attach, install, erect, put in place, put in position, emplace

verb 8. display, present, stage, prepare, put on, organize, get up (informal) exhibit, put on display

noun 9. horse, steed (literary)

noun 10. backing, setting, support, stand, base, mounting, frame, fixture, foil

Translations

mount [maunt] n → monte m (= horse); montura;

(for jewel etc) → engarce m;

(for picture) → marco

vt → montar en, subir a [+ stairs]; subir [+ exhibition]; montar [+ attack]; lanzar [+ stamp]; pegar, fijar [+ picture]; enmarcar

vi (also: mount up) → subirse, montarse

mount [maunt] n (= hill) → mont m, montagne f (= horse); monture f;

(for picture) → carton m de montage;

(for jewel etc) → monture

vt → monter [+ horse]; monter à [+ bike]; monter sur [+ exhibition]; organiser, monter [+ picture]; monter sur carton;

(stamp) → coller dans un album

vi [inflation, tension] → augmenter

mount up vi → s'élever, monter; [bills, problems, savings] → s'accumuler

mount [maunt] n (in proper names);

Mount Carmel → der Berg Karmel;

(horse) → Pferd nt;

(for picture) → Passepartout nt vt (horse) → besteigen;

(exhibition etc) → vorbereiten;

(jewel) → (ein)fassen;

(picture) → mit einem Passepartout versehen;

(staircase) → hochgehen;

(stamp) → aufkleben;

(attack, campaign) → organisieren

vi (increase) → steigen: (problems) → sich häufen;

(on horse) → aufsitzen

mount up mount vi (costs, savings) → sich summieren, sich zusammenläppern (inf)

mount [maunt] n → monte m; montagna (= horse); cavalcatura;

(for jewel etc) → montatura

vt → montare [+ horse]; montare a [+ exhibition]; organizzare [+ attack]; sferrare, condurre [+ picture, stamp]; sistemare

vi → salire (= get on a horse); montare a cavallo;

(also: mount up) → aumentare

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mount

v mount [maunt]

1 to get or climb up (on or on to) He mounted the platform; She mounted (the horse) and rode off. opklim, bestyg يَمْتَطي، يَعْتَلي изкачвам vystoupit (na); nasednout bestige; stige op på besteigen ανεβαίνω (σε), σκαρφαλώνω, καβαλικεύω montar ronima بالارفتن nousta monter לַעֲלוֹת עַל- चढ़ना penjati se felmegy; fellép; felül menaiki ganga/stíga upp á; fara/stíga á bak montare, salire ～に登る (단상 등에) 오르다, (말 등에) 올라타다 (už)lipti (ant) uzkāpt menaiki bestijgen stige opp på; bestige wspiąć się na, dosiadać montar a urca pe, a încăle­ca pe взбираться vystúpiť (na); nasadnúť splezati (na) popeti se gå (springa) uppför, stiga (gå, klättra) upp på (i), bestiga, sitta upp [] ขึ้น (ม้า, เขา, บันได) binmek, çıkmak 登，爬上 підніматися, сходити اوپر چڑھنا leo 登，爬上

2 to rise in level Prices are mounting steeply. styg يَرْتَفِع раста růst stige steigen ανεβαίνω, αυξάνομαι subir, aumentar, crecer tõusma صعود kohota monter לַעֲלוֹת सवार होना uzdići se emelkedik naik hækka salire 上がる (수량·정도가) 높아지다 kilti, didėti celties; kāpt naik stijgen stige podnosić się, iść w górę subir a urca повышаться rásť dvigati se porasti stiga เพิ่มขึ้น yükselmek, artmak 上升 підвищуватися درجہ یا مقدار میں اوپر جانا trèo le 上升

3 to put (a picture etc) into a frame, or stick it on to card etc. raam يَضَع الصّورَه في الإطار поставям в рамка nalepit, zarámovat montere; opklæbe aufkleben κορνιζάρω montar, fijar raamima نصب کردن kehystää monter, coller sur carton לִקבּוֹע चढ़ाना uokviriti bekeretez; felkasíroz memasang koma fyrir, ramma inn montare, collocare 台紙にはる 틀에 끼우다, 올려 놓다, 붙이다 įrėminti, užklijuoti ant kartono ierāmēt; piestiprināt pie pamatnes memasang monteren montere oprawić colocar a înrăma вставлять в оправу nalepiť; zarámovať uokviriti uramiti rama in, klistra (sätta) upp (in) ติด (ภาพ) koymak, yerleştirmek 裱貼 вставляти تصویر کو فریم میں لگانا đóng khung 裱贴

4 to hang or put up on a stand, support etc He mounted the tiger's head on the wall. monteer, ophang يَنْصُب، يَضَع окачвам připevnit hænge; montere anbringen αναρτώ, τοποθετώ fijar asetama محکم کردن asettaa fixer (sur un support) לְהַרכִּיב बढ़ाना postaviti felszerel, -erősít memasang hengja upp montare, piazzare 据付ける 걸다 pakabinti, įtaisyti pakārt; uzlikt memasang ophangen, opzetten anbringe, henge opp zawiesić, osadzić pendurar a fixa, a pune (pe un suport) устанавливать на возвышении pripevniť namestiti okačiti montera, sätta upp ติดตั้ง asmak 安放 монтувати کسی چیز کو ٹانگنا treo 安放

5 to organize The army mounted an attack; to mount an exhibition. uitvoer يُنَظِّم، يَقوم بِهُجوم организирам podniknout, uspořádat iværksætte; organisere organisieren οργανώνω, στήνω montar, preparar korraldama, organiseerima بر پا کردن järjestää monter לְאַרגֵן संगठित करना, संचालन करना sastaviti megszervez mengorganisasi, mengatur setja upp montare, preparare しかける 준비하다, 조직화하다 surengti organizēt mengatur organiseren gå til angrep; sette opp zmontować, zorganizować organizar a organiza подготавливать;организовывать podniknúť; usporiadať organizirati organizovati sätta i gång, arrangera, göra [] นำออกแสดง düzenlemek 組織 організовувати منصوبہ بندی کرنا được trang bị 发动

n

1 a thing or animal that one rides, especially a horse. perd, rydier مَطِيَّه، فَرَس، حِصان животно за езда prostředek, kůň ridehest das Reittier άλογο ιππασίας montura ratsahobune مرکوب ratsu monture בְּהֵמַת רִכיבָה पर्वत jahaći konj hátasló tunggangan reiðskjóti monta 乗用馬 탈 수 있는 동물, 말 jojamas arklys/asilas/mulas, žirgas dzīvnieks jāšanai (īp. zirgs) tunggangan rijdier ridehest wierzchowiec montada lucru/animal pe care se înca­lecă (под седлом) dopravný prostriedok (kôň) jezdna žival jahaći konj ridhäst, riddjur ม้า binek (at) 騎馬 кінь під сідлом گھوڑا یا سواری کی جانے والی چیز ngựa cưỡi 骑马

2 a support or backing on which anything is placed for display Would this picture look better on a red mount or a black one? stander, agtergrond سِناد، جِهاز تَثْبيت подкрепа podklad, pasparta, rám baggrund das Passepartout πλαίσιο, βάση soporte, base alus قاب عکس alusta support רֶקָע, כָּן समर्थन podloga slike állvány; tartó dasar umgjörð montatura, cornice 台 대지(臺紙) pagrindas pamatne; balsts dasar omlijstring innfatning, kartong podstawa, stojak encaixe suport; ramă; montură подставка; паспарту rám; podklad podstavek okvir stativ, underlag, bakgrund สิ่งที่ใช้ติดหรือตั้ง เช่น กระดาษติดภาพ çerçeve, destek, altlık 底座 рама; оправа سہارا یا اسٹینڈ khung 装帧

adj ˈmounted

on horseback mounted policemen. berede راكِب على حِصان на кон jízdní bereden beritten έφιππος montado ratsa- سواره ratsastava, ratsu- monté רָכוּב घोड़े पर सवार uspet lovas berkuda ríðandi, á hestbaki a cavallo 馬に乗った 말을 탄 raitas jātnieku-; kavalērijas- berkuda bereden ridende konny montado călare конный na koni na konju na konju beriden ซึ่งขี่ม้าอยู่ atlı, süvari 騎在馬上的 кінний گھوڑے پر سوار cưỡi ngựa 骑在马上的

n ˈMountie [-ti]

a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Kanadese beredepolisieman شُرْطي في سَرِيَّة الخَيّالَه المَلَكِيَّه الكَنَدِيَّه канадски конен полицай člen kanadské jízdní policie bereden politimand der Mountie, ein Angehöriger der kanadischen beritenen Polizei μέλος της έφιππης καναδικής αστυνομίας policía montada canadiense ratsapolitseinik پليس سوار کانادا ratsupoliisi membre de la police montée (canadienne) שוֹטֵר רוֹכֵב शाही कनाडाई घुड़सवार पुलिस का सदस्य član kanadske kraljevske konjičke policije (kanadai) lovascsendőr polisi berkuda lögreglumaður í kanadísku riddaralögreglunni (poliziotto canadese a cavallo) 騎馬警官 캐나다의 기마 경관 raitasis policininkas jātnieku policists polis berkuda - ridende politimann policjant konny polícia montada poliţist călare (în Canada) полицейский из частей королевской конной полиции člen kanadskej jazdeckej polície policaj na konju (kanadski) član kanadske kraljevske konjičke policije kanadensisk ridande polis ตำรวจม้าในแคนาดา Kanada Federal Atlı Polisi 加拿大皇家騎警 поліцейський королевської кінної поліції رایل کینڈین ماؤنٹیڈ پولیس کا ایک رکن thành viên của cảnh sát hoàng gia Canada 加拿大皇家骑警