mount

1. 1

   A hill or mountain.

2. 2

   Any of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand, taken to represent the influences of various heavenly bodies.

   • the mount of Jupiter
3. 3

   A bulwark for offence or defence; a mound.obsolete

   • ⸿ For thus hath the Lord of hoſtes said ; Hew yee downe trees and ‖ caſt a mount againſt Jeruſalem : this is the citie to be viſited, ſhe is wholly oppreſſion in the midſt of her.
4. 4

   A bank; a fund.obsolete

5. 5

   A green hillock in the base of a shield.

1. 1

   An animal, usually a horse, used to ride on.

   • The rider climbed onto his mount.
2. 2

   A car, bicycle, or motorcycle used for racing.figuratively

3. 3

   A mounting; an object on which another object is mounted.

   • The post is the mount on which the mailbox is installed.
4. 4

   A rider in a cavalry unit or division.obsolete

   • The General said he has 2,000 mounts.
5. 5

   A step or block to assist in mounting a horse.

6. 6

   A signal for mounting a horse.

7. 7

   A dominant ground grappling position, where one combatant sits on the other combatants torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head.

8. 8

   The act of getting onto the apparatus.

1. 1

   To get upon; to ascend; to climb.transitive

   • to mount stairs
2. 2

   To place oneself on (a horse, a bicycle, etc.); to bestride.transitive

   • The rider mounted his horse.
3. 3

   To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding.transitive

   • to mount the Trojan troop
4. 4

   To cause (something) to rise or ascend; to drive up; to raise; to elevate; to lift up.obsoletetransitive

   • What power is it which mounts my love so high?
5. 5

   To sit on a combatant's torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head; to assume the mount position in ground grappling.transitive

6. 6

   To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; often with up.intransitiverare

   • 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.
7. 7

   To attach (an object) to a support, backing, framework etc.transitive

   • to mount a mailbox on a post
   • to mount a specimen on a small plate of glass for viewing by a microscope
8. 8

   To attach (a drive or device) to the file system in order to make it available to the operating system.transitive

   • Burn the contents of the staging area onto a writable CD-ROM, carry it over to the Web server, and mount it.
9. 9

   To increase in quantity or intensity.intransitivesometimeswith-up

   • The bills mounted up and the business failed. There is mounting tension in Crimea.
10. 10

    To attain in value; to amount (to).obsolete

    • Bring then these blessings to a strict account, Make fair deductions, see to what they mount.

syn. go to bed with · sleep with

ant. dismount · demount · unmount