mount

pronunciation

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Noun:

a lightweight horse kept for riding only
the act of climbing something
a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place
something forming a back that is added for strengthening
Verb:

attach to a support
go up or advance
fix onto a backing, setting, or support
put up or launch
get on the back of
go upward with gradual or continuous progress
prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance
copulate with

Word Origin

mount (v.): c. 1300, "to mount a horse;" mid-14c., "to rise up, ascend; fly," from Old French monter "to go up, ascend, climb, mount," from Vulgar Latin *montare, from Latin mons (genitive montis) "mountain" (see mount (n.)). Meaning "to set or place in position" first recorded 1530s. Sense of "to get up on for purposes of copulation" is from 1590s. Related: Mounted; mounting.

mount (n.2): "that on which something is mounted," 1739, from mount (v.). The colloquial meaning "a horse for riding" is first recorded 1856.

mount (n.1): "hill, mountain," mid-13c., from Anglo-French mount, Old French mont "mountain;" also perhaps partly from Old English munt "mountain;" both the Old English and the French words from Latin montem (nominative mons) "mountain," from PIE root *men- "to stand out, project" (cognates: Latin eminere "to stand out;" Sanskrit manya "nape of the neck," Latin monile "necklace;" Old Irish muin "neck," Welsh mwnwgl "neck," mwng "mane;" Welsh mynydd "mountain").

4. Mount thor was first climbed in 1953 by an arctic institute of north america team .

5. He trained the powerful new 100-inch telescope at mount wilson in southern california on spiral nebulae .