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. (transitive) To get upon; to ascend; to climb.
2. (transitive) To place oneself on (a horse, a bicycle, etc.); to bestride.
3. (transitive) To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To cause (something) to rise or ascend; to drive up; to raise; to elevate; to lift up.
5. (transitive) 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. (intransitive, rare) To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; often with up.
7. (transitive) To attach (an object) to a support, backing, framework etc.
8. (transitive) To attach (a drive or device) to the file system in order to make it available to the operating system.
9. (intransitive, sometimes, with-up) To increase in quantity or intensity.
10. (obsolete) To attain in value; to amount (to).
11. (transitive) To get on top of (another) for the purpose of copulation.
12. (transitive) To have or begin sexual intercourse with someone.
13. (transitive) To begin (a campaign, military assault, etc.); to launch.
14. (archaic, transitive) To deploy (cannon) for use.
15. (transitive) 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

mounting

hill

climb up

board

frame

increase

steed

attach

place

set

inlay

mat

set up

setting

bestride

copulate

bed

🛏️

base

get up on

knoll

wax

backing

augment

horse

🐴

join

soar

saddle horse

assemble

scale

put on

fit

seat

💺

embark

cover

organize

fasten

hillock

put

launch

lift

jump on

Translations

monter

montar

montare

monte

⛰️

montar

monture

mont

⛰️

besteigen

montaña

⛰️

montagne

⛰️

monteren

subir

aufstellen

Berg

⛰️

salire

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. Not related to mound.