Definition of mounts Mounts
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Wiktionary 
- mounts (Noun)
Plural of mount.
Part of speech
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| mount - 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" | ||
| setting | ||
| mounting framework used for support or display | ||
| mount - a lightweight horse kept for riding only | ||
| saddle horse, riding horse | ||
| equus caballus, horse solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times | ||
| remount a fresh horse especially (formerly) to replace one killed or injured in battle | ||
| palfrey especially a light saddle horse for a woman | ||
| warhorse horse used in war | ||
| prancer a mettlesome or fiery horse | ||
| hack a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc. | ||
| cow pony a light saddle horse trained for herding cattle | ||
| quarter horse a small powerful horse originally bred for sprinting in quarter-mile races in Virginia | ||
| morgan an American breed of small compact saddle horses | ||
| plantation walking horse, tennessee walker, tennessee walking horse, walking horse a horse marked by stamina and trained to move at a fast running walk | ||
| american saddle horse a high-stepping horse originating in Kentucky | ||
| appaloosa a hardy breed of saddle horse developed in western North America and characteristically having a spotted rump | ||
| arab, arabian a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa | ||
| lipizzan, lippizan, lippizaner a compact and sturdy saddle horse that is bred and trained in Vienna; smart and docile and excellent for dressage; "a Lippizan is black or brown when born but turns white by the time it is five years old" | ||
| buckskin horse of a light yellowish dun color with dark mane and tail | ||
| crow-bait, crowbait an emaciated horse likely soon to become carrion and so attractive to crows | ||
| dun horse of a dull brownish grey color | ||
| mount - a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill | ||
| mountain | ||
| natural elevation, elevation a raised or elevated geological formation | ||
| alp any high mountain | ||
| ben a mountain or tall hill; "they were climbing the ben" | ||
| mountain peak the summit of a mountain | ||
| mountainside, versant the side or slope of a mountain; "conifer forests cover the eastern versant" | ||
| seamount an underwater mountain rising above the ocean floor | ||
| mount - the act of climbing something; "it was a difficult climb to the top" | ||
| climb | ||
| ascending, ascent, ascension, rise an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise" | ||
| scaling ascent by or as if by a ladder | ||
| clamber an awkward climb; "reaching the crest was a real clamber" | ||
| mountain climbing, mountaineering the activity of climbing a mountain | ||
| mount - something forming a back that is added for strengthening | ||
| backing | ||
| layer, bed thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells | ||
| strengthener, reinforcement a device designed to provide additional strength; "the cardboard backing was just a strengthener"; "he used gummed reinforcements to hold the page in his notebook" | ||
| framework a structure supporting or containing something | ||
Verb |
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| mount - fix onto a backing, setting, or support; "mount slides for macroscopic analysis" | ||
| gear up, ready, prepare, fix, set up, set to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery; "prepare a report"; "prepare a speech" | ||
| mount - attach to a support; "They mounted the aerator on a floating" | ||
| attach be attached; be in contact with | ||
| remount provide with fresh horses; "remount a regiment" | ||
| mount - prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance; "mount a theater production"; "mount an attack"; "mount a play" | ||
| put on | ||
| machinate, devise, organise, organize, get up, prepare give by will, especially real property | ||
| rerun cause to perform again; "We have to rerun the subjects--they misunderstood the instructions" | ||
| mount - put up or launch; "mount a campaign against pornography" | ||
| pioneer, initiate open up and explore a new area; "pioneer space" | ||
| mount - go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?" | ||
| climb, climb up, go up | ||
| move up, arise, go up, uprise, come up, rise, lift result or issue; "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion" | ||
| bestride, climb on, hop on, jump on, mount up, get on, mount get up on the back of; "mount a horse" | ||
| climb down, alight come down; "the birds alighted" | ||
| scale size or measure according to a scale; "This model must be scaled down" | ||
| escalade climb up and over; "They had to escalade canyons to reach their destination" | ||
| ramp stand with arms or forelegs raised, as if menacing | ||
| mountaineer climb mountains for pleasure as a sport | ||
| ride copulate with; "The bull was riding the cow" | ||
| mount - go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered" | ||
| wax, climb, rise | ||
| wane decrease in phase; "the moon is waning" | ||
| increase make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted" | ||
| jump increase suddenly and significantly; "Prices jumped overnight" | ||
| gain, advance increase (one's body weight); "She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising" | ||
| mount - get up on the back of; "mount a horse" | ||
| hop on, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on, bestride | ||
| hop out, get off get out of quickly; "The officer hopped out when he spotted an illegally parked car" | ||
| move go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy" | ||
| remount provide with fresh horses; "remount a regiment" | ||
| mount - copulate with; "The bull was riding the cow" | ||
| ride | ||
| copulate, mate, couple, pair engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring" | ||
| mammal, mammalian any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk | ||
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Wiktionary
- mount (Noun)
A mountain, as in Mount Everest. - mount (Noun)
An animal, usually a horse, used to ride on, unlike a draught horse . - mount (Noun)
The number of riders in a cavalry unit or division. - mount (Noun)
A mounting; an object on which another object is mounted, as the post is the mount on which the mailbox is installed. - mount (Verb)
To go up; climb; ascend: to mount stairs. - mount (Verb)
To attach an object to a support, as to mount a mailbox on a post. - mount (Verb)
To attach a drive or device to the directory structure in order to make it available to the operating system . - mount (Verb)
To get on top of an animal to mate. - mount (Verb)
To have sexual intercourse with someone, something. - mount (Verb)
To begin a military assault. - mount (Verb)
To cause something to rise or ascend; to drive up; to raise; to elevate; to lift up.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary π
- mount (v.)
A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably above the common surface of the surrounding land; a mountain; a high hill; -- used always instead of mountain, when put before a proper name; as, Mount Washington; otherwise, chiefly in poetry. - mount (v.)
A bulwark for offense or defense; a mound. - mount (v.)
A bank; a fund. - mount (n.)
To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; -- often with up. - mount (n.)
To get up on anything, as a platform or scaffold; especially, to seat one's self on a horse for riding. - mount (n.)
To attain in value; to amount. - mount (v. t.)
To get upon; to ascend; to climb. - mount (v. t.)
To place one's self on, as a horse or other animal, or anything that one sits upon; to bestride. - mount (v. t.)
To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding; to furnish with horses. - mount (v. t.)
Hence: To put upon anything that sustains and fits for use, as a gun on a carriage, a map or picture on cloth or paper; to prepare for being worn or otherwise used, as a diamond by setting, or a sword blade by adding the hilt, scabbard, etc. - mount (v. t.)
To raise aloft; to lift on high. - mount (v.)
That upon which a person or thing is mounted - mount (v.)
A horse. - mount (v.)
The cardboard or cloth on which a drawing, photograph, or the like is mounted; a mounting.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ξ©
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Animal that can be used for riding. -
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To get up on (a platform, a horse, etc.).
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book β΅
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An Anglo-Saxon term still in use, usually held to mean eminences above 1000 feet in height. In a fort it means the cavalier (which see). -
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When said of a ship-of-war, implies the number of guns she carries.--To mount, in a military sense, is also to furnish with horses.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer π₯
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The means or opportunity for mounting, especially a horse; and the equipments necessary for a mounted horseman. -
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To place oneβs self on, as a horse or other animal, or anything that one bestrides or sits upon; to bestride. Hence, to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding; to furnish with horses. βTo mount the Trojan troop.β See DISMOUNT. -
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To put anything that sustains and fits, for use; as, to mount a gun on a carriage. To prepare for being worn or otherwise used, as a sword-blade by adding the hilt and scabbard. A ship or a fort is said to mount cannon when they are arranged for use in and about it. -
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A word of command in the cavalry exercise for the men to mount their horses.
Wikipedia 
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Mountain.
"Mount" is often used to mean "mountain", as part of a name eg. Mount Vesuvius, Mount McKinley, Mount Everest.
Mount as a Verb.
To "mount" something means to put it onto something else.
Mount as a noun.
A "mount" is a thing for mounting something on.
