mount
[verb]
Synonyms:
- climb, ascend, clamber up, go up, scale
- bestride, climb onto, jump on
- increase, accumulate, build, escalate, grow, intensify, multiply, pile up, swell
[noun]
Synonyms:
- backing, base, frame, setting, stand, support
- horse, steed (literary)

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Antonyms: drop, dismount
Contrasted words: descend, fall, lower
Related Words: seat, settle

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English Thesaurus: mountain, hill, Mount, cliff, precipice, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. mount¹ /maʊnt/ verb
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: monter 'to go up', from Latin mons; ⇒ mount²]

1. ORGANIZE [transitive] to plan, organize, and begin an event or a course of action:
The National Gallery mounted an exhibition of Danish painting.
mount a campaign/challenge/search etc
Friends of the Earth are mounting a campaign to monitor the illegal logging of trees.
mount an assault/attack
Guerrillas have mounted an attack on the capital.

2. INCREASE [intransitive usually in progressive] to increase gradually in amount or degree:
Tension here is mounting, as we await the final result.
Casualties on both sides of the battle have continued to mount.

3. HORSE/BICYCLE [intransitive and transitive] formal to get on a horse or bicycle Antonym : dismount:
He mounted his horse and rode on.

4. GO UP [transitive] formal to go up a step or stairs:
He mounted the stairs and looked around him slowly.
A car suddenly mounted the pavement to avoid a vehicle coming in the opposite direction.

5. PICTURE [transitive] to fix a picture to a larger piece of stiff paper so that it looks more attractive
mount something on/onto something
Entries to the photography competition should be mounted on white paper.

6. SEX [transitive] technical if a male animal mounts a female animal, he gets up onto her back to have sex ⇒ mounted
mount up phrasal verb
to gradually increase in amount:
At £6 a ticket, the cost quickly mounts up.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. mount² noun [countable]
[Sense 1,4: Date: 800-900; Language: Old French; Origin: mont, from Latin mons 'mountain']
[Sense 2-3: Date: 1300-1400; Origin: ⇒ mount¹]

1. Mount (written abbreviation Mt) used as part of the name of a mountain:
Mount Everest

2. formal a horse that you ride on

3. stiff paper that is put behind or around a picture so that it looks more attractive

4. literary a mountain

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

mount
verb
I. organize sth
ADV. successfully The company successfully mounted a takeover bid in 1996.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

mount
II. increase
ADV. quickly, rapidly | steadily | gradually | hourly Election fever is mounting hourly.
up The cost quickly mounts up.
VERB + MOUNT begin to, continue to

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

mount
III. picture/jewel, etc.
ADV. beautifully The prints were beautifully mounted.
carefully | directly The switch is mounted directly on the wall.
horizontally, vertically
PREP. in The diamond is mounted in gold.
on The specimens were carefully mounted on slides.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

mountain a very high hill:
the highest mountain in Austria
hill an area of land that is higher than the land around it, which is like a mountain but smaller and usually has a rounded top:
We went for a walk in the hills.
The house is surrounded by woods, farmland and gentle hills.
Mount (also Mt written abbreviation) used in the names of mountains. Don’t say ‘Fuji Mountain’ – say ‘Mount Fuji’:
Mount Everest
cliff the steep side of an area of land, often next to the sea:
the white cliffs of Dover
precipice especially literary a very steep and dangerous cliff:
They were standing on the edge of a precipice.
crag a high steep rock or mountain:
An eagle sailed over the high crags.
ridge a long narrow area of high ground, especially at the top of a mountain:
I could see a group of climbers high up on a ridge.
knoll a small round hill:
a grassy knoll
volcano a mountain with a large hole at the top, through which lava (=hot liquid rock) is sometimes forced out:
the eruption of a volcano
summit the very highest point of a mountain:
the summit of Mt Everest
peak especially literary the top of a mountain:
the snow-covered peaks of the Himalayas
a distant peak
range/chain a group of mountains or hills arranged in a line:
the mountain range that is part of the border between Norway and Sweden
foothills a group of smaller hills below a range of high mountains:
the Sierra foothills

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