Etymology : Middle English, from Middle French monter, from Vulgar Latin montare, from Latin mont-, mons
Pronunciation :
Function : verb
Date : 14th century
1. on horseback; astride, in saddle; embedded, fixed; positioned, ready for use. mountedmucocutaneous leishmaniasis a form of leishmaniasis endemic in mexico and central american and south america; sores are limited to the skin and mucosa [syn: new world leishmaniasis, american leishmaniasis , leishmaniasis americana, nasopharyngeal leishmaniasis ].
2. Seated or serving on horseback or similarly; as, mounted police; mounted infantry.
3. Placed on a suitable support, or fixed in a setting; as, a mounted gun; a mounted map; a mounted gem. decorated with applied ornamentation; often used in combination; "the trim brass-mounted carbine of the ranger"- F.V.W.Mason assembled for use; especially by being attached to a support.
4. 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.
5. A bulwark for offense or defense; a mound.
6. A bank; a fund.
7. To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; often with up.
8. To get up on anything, as a platform or scaffold; especially, to seat one's self on a horse for riding.
9. To attain in value; to amount.
10. To get upon; to ascend; to climb.
11. To place one's self on, as a horse or other animal, or anything that one sits upon; to bestride.
12. To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding; to furnish with horses.
13. 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.
14. To raise aloft; to lift on high.
15. That upon which a person or thing is mounted A horse.
16. The cardboard or cloth on which a drawing, photograph, or the like is mounted; a mounting.
17. Any one of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand which are taken as significant of the influence of "planets," and called the mounts of Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, the Moon, Saturn, the Sun or Apollo, and Venus. mounting consisting of a piece of metal that holds a gem in place; "the diamond was in a plain gold mount" fix onto a backing, setting, or support; "mount slides for macroscopic analysis" attach to a support; "They mounted the aerator on a floating" put up or launch; "mount a campaign against pronography" prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance; "mount a theater production"; "mount an attack"; "mount a play".
18. Mounted police or soldiers ride horses when they are on duty. A dozen mounted police rode into the square. see also:
mount.