mount

Meaning

Noun

1. A hill or mountain.
2. Any of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand, taken to represent the influences of various heavenly bodies.
3. (obsolete) A bulwark for offence or defence; a mound.
4. (obsolete) A bank; a fund.
5. A green hillock in the base of a shield.

Verb

1. To get upon; to ascend; to climb.
2. To place oneself on (a horse, a bicycle, etc.); to bestride.
3. To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding.
4. (obsolete) To cause (something) to rise or ascend; to drive up; to raise; to elevate; to lift up.
5. To sit on a combatant's torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head; to assume the mount position in ground grappling.
6. To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; often with up.
7. To attach (an object) to a support, backing, framework etc.
8. To attach (a drive or device) to the file system in order to make it available to the operating system.
9. To increase in quantity or intensity.
10. (obsolete) To attain in value; to amount (to).
11. To get on top of (another) for the purpose of copulation.
12. To have or begin sexual intercourse with someone.
13. To begin (a campaign, military assault, etc.); to launch.
14. To deploy (cannon) for use.
15. To prepare and arrange the scenery, furniture, etc. for use in (a play or production).
16. To incorporate fat, especially butter, into (a dish, especially a sauce to finish it).

Synonyms

ascend

climb

mountain

⛰️

ride

rise

go up

install

get on

fix

hill

mounting

increase

board

climb up

frame

steed

attach

place

set

setting

copulate

inlay

bed

🛏️

set up

mat

bestride

wax

soar

embark

assemble

organize

hillock

fasten

horse

🐴

augment

fit

put

put on

join

backing

knoll

cover

saddle horse

get up on

scale

base

seat

💺

arrange

nag

launch

mate

🧉

lift

connect

switch on

prance

climb on

ride in

mount up

riding horse

rig

carriage

rise up

plug

ground

accommodate

get into

stage

ascent

straighten

get up

couple with

hop on

fuck

👉👌

accrue

serve

instal

tread

add

equip

turn on

hack

jump on

raise

adjust

insert

get onto

groundwork

grow

hang on

hang up

height

hitch

hold

hook up

hummock

immobilization

indent

indenture

infix

installation

jump

juxtapose

knap

knight

leap

liner

line up

lining

link up

locate

lock

🔒

make fast

marshal

matting

mesh

moor

mortgage

mound

mount on

note down

on horseback

on top

operate

orchestrate

order

organise

pacer

pad

pedestal

peg

piggyback

pin

platform

pony

post

program

prove

provide

provision

proviso

pull off

puton

put up

qualification

rack

raise up

reach

rear

reboot

record

reeve

register

resort

rocket

🚀

sash

scamper

scramble

secure

sequence

service

set in motion

settlement

set-up

shelf

sign on

skip

skyrocket

spike

squat

stagger

stake

stand up

start

start up

steepen

stem

step up

stick

stick on

stipulation

stocking

storage

storing

straddle

strap

stud

superpose

supplement

support

swell

swelling

switch

tack

take off

term

toggle

run high

touch off

transgress

tuft

tune

undercoat

underlay

unite

unravel

up

🆙

uplift

uplifting

uprise

wafer

warehousing

zoom

be lifted

de novo

seamount

sit on

sleep on

small mountain

stuffed animal

tuffet

underlayer

adherend

daisy-chain

high hill

riding animal

tee up

stuffed bird

get upon

truck bed

unclutter

to ascend the trone

tump

rigid fixing

base sheet

structural supporting material

make jump

shortclothes

back

🔙

fixed mount

accede

actuate

adapt

advance

affix

aggrandize

alp

amount

append

apply

arise

array

ascension

attune

band

bare bones

barrow

base plate

basis

bearing

bedding

belay

belly

ben

bezel

billow

blizzard

bond

book

📖

bowl over

bracket

break

bring up

brooch

bull

butte

cardboard

carrier

case

catch

caucus

charge

chassis

clamber

clasp

clause

climbing

🧗

climb over

collate

come in

come up

condition

conjoin

conquer

consolidation

coordinate

couple

👫

crawl

creep

deposit

dispose

distribute

dress

👗

elevation

emplace

engage

enter

erect

expand

fell

fit on

fixate

fixation

fixing

fix up

float

foot

🦶

foothold

footing

frame up

framing

frap

gain

get in

Pronounced as (IPA)

/maʊnt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: mount

Inherited from Old English: munt

Inherited from Middle English: mounten

Cognate with French: monter

In summary

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