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mount

(m/AU/nt )

a lightweight horse kept for riding only(noun.animal)

Synonym:
riding horse, saddle horse

source: wordnet30
the act of climbing something(noun.act)

Synonym:
climb

source: wordnet30
a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill(noun.object)

Synonym:
mountain

source: wordnet30
a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place(noun.artifact)

Example:
The diamond was in a plain gold mount.

Synonym:
setting

source: wordnet30
something forming a back that is added for strengthening(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
backing

source: wordnet30
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.(noun)

source: webster1913
That upon which a person or thing is mounted(noun)

source: webster1913
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.(noun)

source: webster1913

attach to a support(verb.contact)

Example:
They mounted the aerator on a floating.

source: wordnet30
go up or advance(verb.change)

Synonym:
climb, rise, wax
Antonym:
wane

source: wordnet30
fix onto a backing, setting, or support(verb.change)

Example:
Mount slides for macroscopic analysis.

source: wordnet30
put up or launch(verb.creation)

Example:
Mount a campaign against pornography.

source: wordnet30
get up on the back of(verb.motion)

Example:
Mount a horse.

Synonym:
bestride, climb on, get on, hop on, jump on, mount up
Antonym:
get off, hop out

source: wordnet30
go upward with gradual or continuous progress(verb.motion)

Synonym:
climb, climb up, go up

source: wordnet30
prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance(verb.creation)

Example:
Mount a theater production.
Mount an attack.
Mount a play.

Synonym:
put on

source: wordnet30
copulate with(verb.contact)

Synonym:
ride

source: wordnet30
To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; -- often with up.(verb)

source: webster1913
To get upon; to ascend; to climb.(verb)

source: webster1913

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