Nearby Words
verb (used with object)
1.
to go up; climb; ascend: to mount stairs.
2.
to get up on (a platform, a horse, etc.).
3.
to set or place at an elevation: to mount a house on stilts.
4.
to furnish with a horse or other animal for riding.
5.
EXPANDto set or place (a person) on horseback.
6.
to organize, as an army.
7.
to prepare and launch, as an attack or a campaign.
8.
to raise or put into position for use, as a gun.
9.
(of a fortress or warship) to have or carry (guns) in position for use.
10.
to go or put on guard, as a sentry or watch.
11.
to attach to or fix on or in a support, backing, setting, etc.: to mount a photograph; to mount a diamond in a ring.
12.
to arrange for display: to mount a museum exhibit.
13.
to provide (a play, musical comedy, opera, etc.) with scenery, costumes, and other equipment for production.
14.
to prepare (an animal body or skeleton) as a specimen.
15.
(of a male animal) to climb upon (a female) for copulation.
16.
COLLAPSEMicroscopy.
a.
to prepare (a slide) for microscopic investigation.
b.
to prepare (a sample) for examination by a microscope, as by placing it on a slide.
verb (used without object)
17.
to increase in amount or intensity (often followed by up): The cost of all those small purchases mounts up.
18.
to get up on the back of a horse or other animal for riding.
19.
to rise or go to a higher position, level, degree, etc.; ascend.
20.
to get up on something, as a platform.
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Mount's
is always a great word to know.
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| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English mounten < Old French munter, monter < Vulgar Latin *montāre, derivative of Latin mont- (stem of mōns) mount2
1300–50; Middle English mounten < Old French munter, monter < Vulgar Latin *montāre, derivative of Latin mont- (stem of mōns) mount2
Related forms
mount·a·ble, adjective
mount·less, adjective
un·mount·a·ble, adjective
Antonyms
1, 19. descend.
1, 19. descend.
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Word Origin & History
mount
"hill, mountain," mid-13c., from Anglo-Fr. mount, from O.Fr. mont "mountain;" also partly from O.E. munt "mountain;" both the O.E. and the O.Fr. from L. montem (nom. mons, gen. montis) "mountain," from PIE base *men- "to stand out, project" (cf. Welsh mynydd "mountain").
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Medical Dictionary
mount (mount)
v. mount·ed, mount·ing, mounts
To prepare a specimen for microscopic examination, especially by positioning on a slide.
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