mount

Pronunciation: /maʊnt/

The English word “mount” has 20 meanings listed here.

noun

A hill or mountain.
Any of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand, taken to represent the influences of various heavenly bodies.
A bulwark for offence or defence; a mound.
A bank; a fund.
A green hillock in the base of a shield.
An animal, usually a horse, used to ride on.
A car, bicycle, or motorcycle used for racing.
A mounting; an object on which another object is mounted.
A rider in a cavalry unit or division.
A step or block to assist in mounting a horse.
A signal for mounting a horse.
A dominant ground grappling position, where one combatant sits on the other combatants torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head.
The act of getting onto the apparatus.

verb

To get upon; to ascend; to climb.
To place oneself on (a horse, a bicycle, etc.); to bestride.
To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding.
To cause (something) to rise or ascend; to drive up; to raise; to elevate; to lift up.
To sit on a combatant's torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head; to assume the mount position in ground grappling.
To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; often with up.
To attach (an object) to a support, backing, framework etc.

Etymology

From Middle English mount, munt, from Old English munt, from Latin mōns (“a hill, mountain”), from a root seen also in ēmineō (“to project, to protrude”) (English eminent). Doublet of mons. Not related to mound.

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