mount | ||
1. | [ verb ] attach to a support | |
Examples: | "They mounted the aerator on a floating" |
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Related terms: | attach remount backing | |
2. | [ verb ] go up or advance | |
Synonyms: | rise climb wax | |
Examples: | "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered" |
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Related terms: | wane increase jump advance upgrade climb waxing | |
3. | [ verb ] fix onto a backing, setting, or support | |
Examples: | "mount slides for macroscopic analysis" |
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Related terms: | prepare mounting | |
4. | [ noun ] (zoology) a lightweight horse kept for riding only | |
Synonyms: | riding_horse saddle_horse | |
Related terms: | horse buckskin dun gray crowbait warhorse Tennessee_walker quarter_horse American_saddle_horse prancer remount Appaloosa Arabian hack cow_pony palfrey lipizzan Morgan hop_on | |
5. | [ verb ] put up or launch | |
Synonyms: | launch | |
Examples: | "mount a campaign against pornography" |
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Related terms: | initiate | |
6. | [ verb ] get on the back of | |
Synonyms: | mount_up jump_on get_on climb_on bestride hop_on | |
Examples: | "mount a horse" |
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Related terms: | hop_out move remount saddle_horse | |
7. | [ verb ] go upward with gradual or continuous progress | |
Synonyms: | climb climb_up go_up | |
Examples: | "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?" |
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Related terms: | rise ramp scale mountaineer escalade ride twine alight hop_on ascent climb climb climber climber crampon | |
8. | [ noun ] the act of climbing something | |
Synonyms: | climb | |
Examples: | "it was a difficult climb to the top" |
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Related terms: | rise mountain_climbing scaling rock_climbing clamber climb | |
9. | [ verb ] (sexuality) copulate with, as of animals | |
Synonyms: | ride | |
Examples: | "The bull was riding the cow" |
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Related terms: | copulate mammal | |
10. | [ verb ] prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance | |
Synonyms: | put_on | |
Examples: | "mount a theater production" "mount an attack' "mount a play" |
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Related terms: | organize rerun | |
11. | [ noun ] (geography) a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill | |
Synonyms: | mountain | |
Related terms: | natural_elevation alp Olympus ben volcano seamount mountainside mountain_peak | |
12. | [ noun ] mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place | |
Synonyms: | setting | |
Examples: | "the diamond was in a plain gold mount" |
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Related terms: | mounting pave set | |
13. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 3701 | |
14. | [ noun ] something forming a back that is added for strengthening | |
Synonyms: | backing | |
Related terms: | layer strengthener framework back | |
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