mount

mount

mount¹ [mount]

n.

[ME < OE munt & OFr mont, a mount, both < L mons (gen. montis), hill, mountain < IE base * men-, to project > Welsh meneth, mountain]

1. a mountain or hill: now poetic except before a proper name [Mount McKinley]

2. Obs. a raised fortification

3. Palmistry any fleshy raised part on the palm of the hand

mount² [mount]

vi.

[ME mounten < OFr munter < VL * montare, lit., to go uphill < L mons: see MOUNT¹]

1. to climb; ascend: often with up

2. to climb up on something; esp., to get on the back of a horse, on a bicycle, etc. for riding

3. to increase in amount [profits are mounting]

vt.

1. to go up; ascend; climb [to mount stairs]

2.

a) to get up on (a horse, bicycle, etc.) for riding

b) to set on a horse

c) to climb or get up on (a platform, stool, etc.)

3. to provide with a horse or horses

4. to climb on (a female) for copulation: said of a male animal

5. to place on something raised: with on [mount the statue on a pedestal]

6. to place, fix, or fasten on or in the proper support, backing, etc. for the required purpose; specif.,

a) to fix (a jewel) in a setting

b) to fix (a specimen) on (a slide) for microscopic study

c) to arrange (a skeleton, dead animal, etc.) for exhibition

d) to affix (a picture) to a mat or other backing

e) to affix (a postage stamp) on an album page

7. to furnish the necessary costumes, settings, etc. for producing (a play)

8.

a) to prepare for and undertake (an expedition, campaign, etc.)

b) to prepare for and present [to mount a major Degas exhibition]

9. Mil.

a) to raise or adjust (a gun) into proper position for use

b) to be armed with (a cannon) [a ship that mounts six cannons]

c) to post (a guard) as for sentry duty

d) to go on (guard) as a sentry

n.

1. the act or manner of mounting (a horse, etc.)

2. a horse, bicycle, etc. for mounting and riding

3. the opportunity to ride a horse, etc., esp. in a race

4. the support, setting, etc. on or in which something is mounted, as the support for a microscopic slide or the setting for a jewel

mountable

adj.

mounter

n.