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mount

//maʊnt//

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Note for mount

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Forms

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural
mounts

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)
mount
past (v2)
mounted
past participle (v3)
mounted
present participle
mounting
3rd person singular
mounts

Definitions

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  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.

  3. 3.A green hillock in the base of a shield.

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

    • The rider climbed onto his mount.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

  1. 1.To get upon; to ascend; to climb.

    • This time I was received with a smile. Monsieur Poirot was within. Would I mount? I mounted accordingly.

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

    • The rider mounted his horse.

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

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

Frequency

Overall

Uncommon· #3655

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Rare
General reading & writing
Uncommon
Academic
Rare
Literature
Rare

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Word family

Etymology

From Middle English mount, munt, from Old English munt, from Latin mōns (“a hill, mountain”), from a root seen also in ēmineō (“to project, to protrude”) (English eminent).

Doublet of mons.

Not related to mound.

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