mount
/maʊnt/ verb B2- To get upon; to ascend; to climb. · to mount stairs
- To place oneself on (a horse, a bicycle, etc.); to bestride. · The rider mounted his horse.
- To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding.
- 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 attach (an object) to a support, backing, framework etc. · to mount a mailbox on a post· to mount a specimen on a small plate of glass for viewing by a microscope
- To attach (a drive or device) to the file system in order to make it available to the operating system.
- To increase in quantity or intensity. · The bills mounted up and the business failed. There is mounting tension in Crimea.
- To get on top of (another) for the purpose of copulation.
He/she/it mounts · Past mounted · Past participle mounted · -ing form mounting
Verb forms
- Base form
- mount
- He/she/it
- mounts
- Past
- mounted
- Past participle
- mounted
- -ing form
- mounting
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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The news of the arrival of the Pharaon had not yet reached the old man, who, mounted on a chair, was amusing himself by training with trembling hand the nasturtiums and sprays of clematis that clambered over the trellis at his window.
The old man hearing this, quickly made his son mount the Ass, and continued to walk along merrily by his side.
War was again proclaimed, however, and when the trumpet summoned him to his standard, the Soldier put on his charger its military trappings, and mounted, being clad in his heavy coat of mail.
A FOX was mounting a hedge when he lost his footing and caught hold of a Bramble to save himself.
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