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[ US /ˈmaʊnt/ ]
[ UK /mˈa‍ʊnt/ ]
VERB
  1. copulate with
    The bull was riding the cow
  2. go upward with gradual or continuous progress
    Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?
  3. prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance
    mount a play
    mount a theater production
    mount an attack
  4. go up or advance
    Sales were climbing after prices were lowered
  5. put up or launch
    mount a campaign against pornography
  6. get up on the back of
    mount a horse
  7. attach to a support
    They mounted the aerator on a floating
  8. fix onto a backing, setting, or support
    mount slides for macroscopic analysis
NOUN
  1. a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
  2. a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place
    the diamond was in a plain gold mount
  3. a lightweight horse kept for riding only
  4. the act of climbing something
    it was a difficult climb to the top
  5. something forming a back that is added for strengthening
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How To Use mount In A Sentence

  • He said nothing as he took his horse's reins and mounted up, the pain causing sparks to flash behind his eyes and his vision to fuzz a little around the edges.
  • Sometime in the early eighteen hundreds, they trekked to the flat plain between the Ohio River and Lake Erie and settled in Mount Vernon, which was then a few small buildings in a forest of tall trees. A Renegade History of the United States
  • The total sales of the company didn't amount to more than a few million dollars.
  • Failing to detain him could actually amount to abuse. The Sun
  • He was, when he chose to lay aside his mountebankery, an excellent and inspiring conductor. Mr. Punch`s history of modern England, Volume I -- 1841-1857
  • So there is mounting concern at the top of government about how close to meltdown the prison system is. The Sun
  • We were headed for the mountains
  • The auctioneer's podium faced a wall hung with six sets of mounted antlers each side of a large red deer's head. Times, Sunday Times
  • I'm sure there will be a generous amount of worthies stepping forward to parse every sentence, on the eternal quest for the definitive admission that it's over.
  • We gave ourselves a mountain to climb. The Sun
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