mount

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Etymology 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

mount (plural mounts)

  1. A mountain, as in Mount Everest
Translations[edit]
mountain

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle English mounten, from Anglo-Norman mounter, from Old French monter, from Medieval Latin montare (“to mount; literally, go up hill”), from Latin mons (“a hill, mountain”); compare French monter.

Noun[edit]

mount (plural mounts)

  1. An animal, usually a horse, used to ride on, unlike a draught horse
    The rider climbed onto his mount.
  2. The number of riders in a cavalry unit or division
    The General said he has 2,000 mounts.
  3. A mounting; an object on which another object is mounted, as the post is the mount on which the mailbox is installed
Translations[edit]
horse
rider in cavalry
a mounting

Verb[edit]

mount (third-person singular simple present mounts, present participle mounting, simple past and past participle mounted)

  1. To go up; climb; ascend: to mount stairs.
    The rider mounted his horse.
  2. To attach an object to a support, as to mount a mailbox on a post
  3. (computing) To attach a drive or device to the directory structure in order to make it available to the operating system.
  4. To get on top of an animal to mate.
  5. (slang) to have sexual intercourse with someone, something.
  6. To begin a military assault
    The General gave the order to mount the attack.
  7. (obsolete) To cause (something) to rise or ascend; to drive up; to raise; to elevate; to lift up.
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    • 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, BBC Sport:
      For Liverpool, their season will now be regarded as a relative disappointment after failure to add the FA Cup to the Carling Cup and not mounting a challenge to reach the Champions League places.
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Translations[edit]
climb up/on; to ride
attach an object
Computing, attach drive or device
get on top of an animal to mate
to have sexual intercourse with someone, something
begin a military assault

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