MOUNT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mount mean? 

• MOUNT (noun)
  The noun MOUNT has 5 senses:

1. a lightweight horse kept for riding only

2. the act of climbing something

3. a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

4. a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place

5. something forming a back that is added for strengthening

  Familiarity information: MOUNT used as a noun is common.

• MOUNT (verb)
  The verb MOUNT has 8 senses:

1. attach to a support

2. go up or advance

3. fix onto a backing, setting, or support

4. put up or launch

5. get up on the back of

6. go upward with gradual or continuous progress

7. prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance

8. copulate with

  Familiarity information: MOUNT used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOUNT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A lightweight horse kept for riding only

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

mount; riding horse; saddle horse

Hypernyms ("mount" is a kind of...):

Equus caballus; horse (solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mount"):

dun (horse of a dull brownish grey color)

gray; grey (horse of a light gray or whitish color)

crow-bait; crowbait (an emaciated horse likely soon to become carrion and so attractive to crows)

buckskin (horse of a light yellowish dun color with dark mane and tail)

Lipizzan; Lippizan; Lippizaner (a compact and sturdy saddle horse that is bred and trained in Vienna; smart and docile and excellent for dressage)

Arab; Arabian (a spirited graceful and intelligent riding horse native to Arabia)

Appaloosa (a hardy breed of saddle horse developed in western North America and characteristically having a spotted rump)

American saddle horse (a high-stepping horse originating in Kentucky)

Morgan (an American breed of small compact saddle horses)

quarter horse (a small powerful horse originally bred for sprinting in quarter-mile races in Virginia)

cow pony (a light saddle horse trained for herding cattle)

hack (a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.)

prancer (a mettlesome or fiery horse)

warhorse (horse used in war)

palfrey (especially a light saddle horse for a woman)

remount (a fresh horse especially (formerly) to replace one killed or injured in battle)

Plantation walking horse; Tennessee walker; Tennessee walking horse; Walking horse (a horse marked by stamina and trained to move at a fast running walk)

Derivation:

mount (get up on the back of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of climbing something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

climb; mount

Context example:

it was a difficult climb to the top

Hypernyms ("mount" is a kind of...):

ascending; ascension; ascent; rise (the act of changing location in an upward direction)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mount"):

clamber (an awkward climb)

mountain climbing; mountaineering (the activity of climbing a mountain)

rock climbing (the sport or pastime of scaling rock masses on mountain sides (especially with the help of ropes and special equipment))

scaling (ascent by or as if by a ladder)

Derivation:

mount (go upward with gradual or continuous progress)

mount (go up or advance)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

mount; mountain

Hypernyms ("mount" is a kind of...):

elevation; natural elevation (a raised or elevated geological formation)

Meronyms (parts of "mount"):

mountain peak (the summit of a mountain)

mountainside; versant (the side or slope of a mountain)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mount"):

ben (a mountain or tall hill)

volcano (a mountain formed by volcanic material)

seamount (an underwater mountain rising above the ocean floor)

alp (any high mountain)

Instance hyponyms:

Black Hills (mountains in western South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming)

Sense 4

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

mount; setting

Context example:

the diamond was in a plain gold mount

Hypernyms ("mount" is a kind of...):

mounting (framework used for support or display)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mount"):

pave (a setting with precious stones so closely set that no metal shows)

Derivation:

mount (fix onto a backing, setting, or support)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Something forming a back that is added for strengthening

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

backing; mount

Hypernyms ("mount" is a kind of...):

bed; layer (single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance)

reinforcement; strengthener (a device designed to provide additional strength)

Holonyms ("mount" is a part of...):

frame; framework (a structure supporting or containing something)

Derivation:

mount (fix onto a backing, setting, or support)

mount (attach to a support)

• MOUNT (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Attach to a support

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

They mounted the aerator on a floating

Hypernyms (to "mount" is one way to...):

attach (cause to be attached)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mount"):

remount (mount again, as after disassembling something)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sentence example:

The men mount the bookshelves

Derivation:

mount (something forming a back that is added for strengthening)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Go up or advance

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

climb; mount; rise; wax

Context example:

Sales were climbing after prices were lowered

Hypernyms (to "mount" is one way to...):

increase (become bigger or greater in amount)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mount"):

jump (increase suddenly and significantly)

advance; gain (rise in rate or price)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

mount (the act of climbing something)

mounting (an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Fix onto a backing, setting, or support

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

mount slides for macroscopic analysis

Hypernyms (to "mount" is one way to...):

fix; gear up; prepare; ready; set; set up (make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

mounter (a skilled worker who mounts pictures or jewels etc.)

mounting (framework used for support or display)

mount (a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place)

mount (something forming a back that is added for strengthening)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Put up or launch

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Context example:

mount a campaign against pornography

Hypernyms (to "mount" is one way to...):

initiate; pioneer (take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 5

Meaning:

Get up on the back of

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

bestride; climb on; get on; hop on; jump on; mount; mount up

Context example:

mount a horse

Hypernyms (to "mount" is one way to...):

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mount"):

remount (mount again)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

mount (a lightweight horse kept for riding only)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Go upward with gradual or continuous progress

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

climb; climb up; go up; mount

Context example:

Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?

Hypernyms (to "mount" is one way to...):

arise; come up; go up; lift; move up; rise; uprise (move upward)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mount"):

scale (climb up by means of a ladder)

escalade (climb up and over)

ramp (creep up -- used especially of plants)

mountaineer (climb mountains for pleasure as a sport)

ride (climb up on the body)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

mount (the act of climbing something)

mounter (someone who ascends on foot)

mounting (an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.))

Sense 7

Meaning:

Prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

mount; put on

Context example:

mount a play

Hypernyms (to "mount" is one way to...):

devise; get up; machinate; organise; organize; prepare (arrange by systematic planning and united effort)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mount"):

rerun (rerun a performance of a play, for example)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 8

Meaning:

Copulate with

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

mount; ride

Context example:

The bull was riding the cow

Hypernyms (to "mount" is one way to...):

copulate; couple; mate; pair (engage in sexual intercourse)

Domain category:

mammal; mammalian (any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

 Context examples 

My pulse rushed up in an unwonted manner, yet my rage mounted with it.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

She never saw Laurie mount guard in the hall to warn the servants away.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I do not know how long I remained in this situation, but when I awoke I found that the sun had already mounted considerably.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

The captain's order to mount at once and ride for Doctor Livesey would have left my mother alone and unprotected, which was not to be thought of.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

I mounted to my chamber; locked myself in; fell on my knees; and prayed in my way—a different way to St. John's, but effective in its own fashion.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Then he mounted his cycle, and rode away from me down the drive towards the Hall.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Vaccination with canarypox-hIL-12 melanoma vaccine may stimulate the host immune system to mount an immune response against tumor cells, thereby inhibiting tumor growth and/or metastasis.

(Canarypox-hIL-12 Melanoma Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Vaccination with broad-spectrum human papillomavirus vaccine V505 may stimulate the host immune system to mount humoral and cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) responses against HPV-infected cells.

(Broad-Spectrum Human Papillomavirus Vaccine V505, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon vaccination, Listeria expresses the HPV 16 E7 antigen and activates the immune system to mount a cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) response against cancer cells expressing HPV 16 E7.

(Attenuated Live Listeria Encoding HPV 16 E7 Vaccine ADXS11-001, NCI Thesaurus)

A cavalier, mounted on a large steed, might be about ninety feet high.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)