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Mount

noun

A lightweight horse kept for riding only. Synonyms: riding horse, saddle horse.

The act of climbing something. Synonym: climb.

A land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill. Synonym: mountain.

A mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place. Synonym: setting.

Something forming a back that is added for strengthening. Synonym: backing.

verb

(past & past part. mounted; pres. part. mounting)

Attach to a support.

Go up or advance. Synonyms: climb, rise, wax.

Fix onto a backing, setting, or support.

Put up or launch.

Get up on the back of. Synonyms: bestride, climb on, get on, hop on, jump on, mount up.

Go upward with gradual or continuous progress. Synonyms: climb, climb up, go up.

Prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance. Synonym: put on. "Mount an attack" , "Mount a play"

Copulate with. Synonym: ride.

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"Mount" Quotes from Famous Books

... sermon Christ preached on the Mount, but was it more wonderful than the ministry of the wounded man fallen by the roadside, or the drying of the tears from the pale, worn face of the widow of Nain? Or more wonderful than when He said, Let them come—let them come—mothers and ...

— The War Romance of the Salvation Army • Evangeline Booth and Grace Livingston Hill

... Court being in mourning, so one day Her Majesty suggested that she should show us round the Forbidden City. First we proceeded to the Audience Hall. This differs somewhat from the Audience Hall of the Summer Palace. To enter, one must mount some twenty odd steps of white marble, with rails on either side of the steps made of the same material. At the top of the steps a large veranda, supported by huge pillars of wood, painted red, surrounded the building. The windows along this verandah were of ...

— Two Years in the Forbidden City • The Princess Der Ling

... to have if we're going to beat out Mount Vernon," said Wayland. "I hear that they're going ...

— The Rushton Boys at Rally Hall - Or, Great Days in School and Out • Spencer Davenport

... the south with the question, "What's up?" until it got on Grubb's nerves. Londonward the crowd was constantly losing people; they would mount their various wheels with the satisfied manner of spectators who have had the best. Their voices would recede into the twilight; one would hear a laugh at the memory of this ...

— The War in the Air • Herbert George Wells

... speech for us, Abe. Hip, hurrah! You've only to nibble a pen to make poetry, and only to mount a stump to be a speaker. Now, Abe, speak for the cause of the people, or anybody's cause. Give it to us strong, and we ...

— In The Boyhood of Lincoln - A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk • Hezekiah Butterworth

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