mount

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by Yesyesandmaybe (talk | contribs) as of 11:17, 7 January 2020.
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: Mount

English

Lua error in Module:interproject at line 59: Parameter "dab" is not used by this template.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maʊnt/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -aʊnt

Etymology 1

Lua error: The template Template:PIE root does not use the parameter(s): 
2=men
id=stand out
Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.

(deprecated template usage)

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

Noun

mount (plural mounts)

  1. A hill or mountain.
  2. (palmistry) Any of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand, taken to represent the influences of various heavenly bodies.
    the mount of Jupiter
  3. (obsolete) A bulwark for offence or defence; a mound.
    • Bible, Jer. vi. 6
      Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem.
  4. (obsolete) A bank; a fund.
  5. (heraldry) A green hillock in the base of a shield.
Usage notes

As with the names of rivers and lakes, the names of mountains are typically formed by adding the word before or after the unique term. Mount is used in situations where the word precedes the unique term: Mount Everest, Mount Rushmore, Mount Tai. Except in the misunderstood translation of foreign names (as with China's Mount Hua), the terms used with mount will therefore usually be nouns: Mount Olympus but Rugged Mountain and Crowfoot Mountain. It thus corresponds to the earlier the mount or mountain of ~.

Mount is no longer used as a generic synonym for mountain except in poetry and other literary contexts. An example is the fossilized form within the phrase Sermon on the Mount.

Derived terms
Translations
mountain — see mountain

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English mounten, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "xno" is not valid. See WT:LOL. mounter, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French monter, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "ML." is not valid. See WT:LOL. montare (“to mount; literally, go up hill”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin mons (“a hill, mountain”); compare French monter.

Noun

mount (plural mounts)

  1. An animal, usually a horse, used to ride on, unlike a draught horse
    The rider climbed onto his mount.
  2. A mounting; an object on which another object is mounted.
    The post is the mount on which the mailbox is installed.
  3. (obsolete) A rider in a cavalry unit or division.
    The General said he has 2,000 mounts.
  4. A step or block to assist in mounting a horse.
  5. A signal for mounting a horse.
Translations

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To get upon; to ascend; to climb.
    to mount stairs
    • (Can we date this quote by John Dryden and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      Or shall we mount again the Rural Throne, / And rule the Country Kingdoms, once our own?
  2. (transitive) To place oneself on (a horse, a bicycle, etc.); to bestride.
    The rider mounted his horse.
  3. (transitive) To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding.
    • (Can we date this quote by John Dryden and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      to mount the Trojan troop
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To cause (something) to rise or ascend; to drive up; to raise; to elevate; to lift up.
  5. (obsolete, intransitive) To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; often with up.
    • Bible, Jeremiah li. 53
      Though Babylon should mount up to heaven.
    • The template Template:rfdatek does not use the parameter(s): 
      3=Mrs. Cowley
      Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.      (Can we date this quote by Hannah Cowley and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      The fire of trees and houses mounts on high.
  6. (transitive) To attach (an object) to a support, backing, framework etc.
    to mount a mailbox on a post
    to mount a specimen on a small plate of glass for viewing by a microscope
    to mount a photograph on cardboard
    to mount an engine in a car
    • 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
      But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶ […] The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook, and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, […].
    • Template:RQ:Frgsn Zlnstn
      “My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”
  7. (transitive, computing) To attach (a drive or device) to the file system in order to make it available to the operating system.
    • 1998, Lincoln D. Stein, Web Security: A Step-by-step Reference Guide (page 377)
      Burn the contents of the staging area onto a writable CD-ROM, carry it over to the Web server, and mount it.
  8. (intransitive, sometimes with up) To increase in quantity or intensity.
    The bills mounted up and the business failed.  There is mounting tension in Crimea.
  9. (obsolete) To attain in value; to amount (to).
    • (Can we date this quote by Alexander Pope and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      Bring then these blessings to a strict account, / Make fair deductions, see to what they mount.
  10. (transitive) To get on top of (an animal) to mate.
  11. (transitive, slang) To have sexual intercourse with someone.
  12. (transitive) To begin (a campaign, military assault, etc.); to launch.
    The General gave the order to mount the attack.
    • 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in 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.
  13. (transitive, archaic) To deploy (cannon) for use.
    to mount a cannon
  14. (transitive) To prepare and arrange the scenery, furniture, etc. for use in (a play or production).
  15. (cooking) To incorporate fat, especially butter, into (a dish, especially a sauce to finish it).
    Mount the sauce with one tablespoon of butter.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations

Related terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English munt and Anglo-Norman mount, both from Latin mōns.

Pronunciation

Noun

mount (plural mountes or mouns)

  1. A mountain; a mount or peak, especially the Alps.

Related terms

Descendants

  • English: mount
  • Scots: munt

References

Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=mount&oldid=58309430"