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- pronunciation:
- maUnt
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Explorer
part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
mounts, mounting, mounted |
definition 1: |
to climb.
Be careful as you mount the ladder.- synonyms:
- ascend, climb, scale
- antonyms:
- descend
- similar words:
- clamber, rise, shin, shinny, top
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definition 2: |
to place oneself on top of.
She mounted her horse and galloped away.- antonyms:
- dismount
- similar words:
- bestride, get on, straddle, surmount, top
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definition 3: |
to arrange (something) for examination or display by attaching it to a secure object or surface.
He mounted his butterfly collection.- synonyms:
- affix, attach, fasten, hang
- similar words:
- arrange, frame, organize, secure
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definition 4: |
to position (guns), as in readiness to attack.
- similar words:
- hoist, position, raise
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definition 5: |
to prepare for or begin.
They mounted an attack on the enemy troops.- synonyms:
- begin, commence, prepare, start
- similar words:
- initiate
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related words: |
catch, climb, put on, ride, scale, stage |
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part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
definition 1: |
to move upward; rise.
Smoke from the forest fire mounted into the sky.- synonyms:
- ascend, climb, rise
- antonyms:
- descend, drop
- similar words:
- arise
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definition 2: |
to increase.
Prices have been mounting since the supply diminished.Complaints about the noise have been mounting.- synonyms:
- escalate, increase, rise, swell
- antonyms:
- decrease, diminish, drop
- similar words:
- climb, grow, multiply, skyrocket, soar, wax
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definition 3: |
to get on top of a horse or into a vehicle in preparation for a ride.
- synonyms:
- load, saddle up
- antonyms:
- dismount
- similar words:
- embark
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related words: |
build, jump, ride, rise, stand |
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part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
a horse or other animal to be ridden.
- synonyms:
- horse
- similar words:
- charger, courser, mare, pony, stallion, steed
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definition 2: |
a support on which something is to be fixed or mounted.
a motor mount- synonyms:
- base, brace, support
- similar words:
- backing, fixture, foundation, frame, framework, setting, underbody, undercarriage
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derivation: |
mountable (adj.) |
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