mount
noun
No English definition recorded for this entry.
L24403 on Wikidata ↗verb
- climb onto a horse or other riding animal
- attach a file system under a computer operating system
- intentional climber
- non-intentional climber; cf rise
- erect, construct
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /maʊnt/ / [maʊnt] / [maʊnʔ]
name
Etymology: English surname, from the noun mount.
- A surname.
- A hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7856).
- A hamlet in Warleggan parish, east Cornwall (OS grid ref SX1468).
noun
Etymology: From Middle English mounten, from Anglo-Norman munter, from Vulgar Latin *montāre (“climb”), from Latin montem (“mountain”). Compare modern French monter.
- An animal, usually a horse, used to ride on.
“The rider climbed onto his mount.”
- A 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.”
- A 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.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English mounten, from Anglo-Norman munter, from Vulgar Latin *montāre (“climb”), from Latin montem (“mountain”). Compare modern French monter.
- To 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?”
- To place oneself on (a horse, a bicycle, etc.); to bestride.
“The rider mounted his horse.”
- To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding.
“to mount the Trojan troop”
- To 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?”
- To sit on a combatant's torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head; to assume the mount position in ground grappling.
- To 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.”
- To 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 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.”
- To increase in quantity or intensity.
“The bills mounted up and the business failed. There is mounting tension in Crimea.”
- To attain in value; to amount (to).
“Bring then these blessings to a strict account, Make fair deductions, see to what they mount.”
- To 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 be on the bottom and you on the top?"”
- To have or begin sexual intercourse with someone.
“She mounted him last night.”
- To 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.”
- To deploy (cannon) for use.
“to mount a cannon”
- To 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.”