mount
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (palmistry) Any of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand, taken to represent the influences of various heavenly bodies.Examples: "the mount of Jupiter"Synonyms: mons
2. (obsolete) A bulwark for offence or defence; a mound.Examples: "⸿ For thus hath the Lord of hoſtes said ; Hew yee downe trees and ‖ caſt a mount againſt Jeruſalem : this is the citie to be viſited, ſhe is wholly oppreſſion in the midſt of her."obsolete
3. (obsolete) A bank; a fund.obsolete
4. (heraldry) A green hillock in the base of a shield.
noun (English)
1. (now only figurative) A car, bicycle, or motorcycle used for racing.figuratively
2. (obsolete) A rider in a cavalry unit or division.Examples: "The General said he has 2,000 mounts."obsolete
3. (martial arts) A dominant ground grappling position, where one combatant sits on the other combatants torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head.
4. (gymnastics) The act of getting onto the apparatus.
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To get upon; to ascend; to climb.Examples: "to mount stairs"; "Or shall we mount again the Rural Throne, And rule the Country Kingdoms, once our own?"; "This time I was received with a smile. Monsieur Poirot was within. Would I mount? I mounted accordingly."transitive
2. (transitive) To place oneself on (a horse, a bicycle, etc.); to bestride.Examples: "The rider mounted his horse."transitive
3. (transitive) To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding.Examples: "to mount the Trojan troop"transitive
4. (obsolete, transitive) To cause (something) to rise or ascend; to drive up; to raise; to elevate; to lift up.Examples: "What power is it which mounts my love so high?"obsoletetransitive
5. (transitive, martial arts) To sit on a combatant's torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head; to assume the mount position in ground grappling.transitive
6. (intransitive, rare) To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; often with up.Examples: "Though Babylon ſhould mount vp to heauen, and though ſhee ſhould fortifie the height of her ſtrength, yet from me ſhall ſpoilers come vnto her, ſaith the Lord."; "The fire of trees and houses mounts on high."; "I was at the Mathematical School, where the Maſter taught his Pupils after a Method ſcarce imaginable to us in Europe. The Propoſition and Demonſtration were fairly written on a thin Wafer, with Ink compoſed of a Cephalick Tincture. This the Student was to ſwallow upon a faſting Stomach, and for three days following eat nothing but Bread and Water. As the Wafer digeſted, the Tincture mounted to his Brain, bearing the Propoſition along with it."intransitiverare
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