Meaning

16 senses
  1. (transitive)To get upon; to ascend; to climb.

    to mount stairs

    besteigen, ersteigen, erklimmen

    get up on the back of

  2. (transitive)To place oneself on (a horse, a bicycle, etc.); to bestride.

    The rider mounted his horse.

    besteigen, sich setzen auf (vt.), fahren (vt.)

    взбира́тьсяvzbirátʹsja, взобра́тьсяvzobrátʹsja

  3. (transitive)To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding.

    ausrüsten, beladen

  4. (transitive)To sit on a combatant's torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head; to assume the mount position in ground grappling.

  5. (intransitive, rare)To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; often with up.

    erheben, aufsteigen lassen, in die Höhe heben

  6. (transitive)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

    attach to a support

  7. (transitive)To attach (a drive or device) to the file system in order to make it available to the operating system.

    mounten, anmelden, einhängen

    смонти́роватьsmontírovatʹ

  8. (intransitive, sometimes, with up)To increase in quantity or intensity.

    The bills mounted up and the business failed. There is mounting tension in Crimea.

    zunehmen, stärken

  9. (transitive)To get on top of (another) for the purpose of copulation.

    bespringen, besteigen, decken

  10. (transitive)To have or begin sexual intercourse with someone.

    She mounted him last night.

    bespringen, besteigen, pimpern

  11. (transitive)To begin (a campaign, military assault, etc.); to launch.

    The General gave the order to mount the attack.

    einleiten, beginnen, starten

  12. (transitive)To prepare and arrange the scenery, furniture, etc. for use in (a play or production).

Examples

212 sentences
  1. We mounted our horses.

    Ми осідлали коней.

    deWir bestiegen unsere Pferde.

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  2. Tom mounted his horse and rode off.

    Том сів на свого коня й ускакав.

    ruТом сел на своего коня и ускакал.

    deTom stieg auf sein Pferd und ritt davon.

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  3. Tom and Mary mounted their horses.

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  4. Tom wants us to mount the TV on the wall.

    deTom will, dass wir den Fernseher an der Wand montieren.

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  5. Tom tried to mount the horse.

    deTom versuchte, aufs Pferd zu steigen.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to place oneself on a horse, bicycle etc. to ride:
computing: to attach a drive or device:
Deutsch
By meaning 12
to attach an object to a support — see also install, set:
to get upon; to ascend; to climb:
to place oneself on a horse, bicycle etc. to ride:
to cause to mount; to put on horseback:
to cause something to rise or ascend:
to rise on high:
computing: to attach a drive or device:
to increase in quantity or intensity:
to attain in value; to amount to:
to get on top of an animal to mate:
to have sexual intercourse with someone:
to begin an assault, campaign etc.:

Origin

From Middle English mounten, from Anglo-Norman munter, from Vulgar Latin *montāre (“climb”

From Middle English mounten, from Anglo-Norman munter, from Vulgar Latin *montāre (“climb”), from Latin montem (“mountain”). Compare modern French monter.

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Forms

mounts, mounting, mounted, mounted
Base formmount · to mount
3rd person singularmounts
Present participlemounting
Past simplemounted
Past participlemounted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymount
he, she, itmounts

Past simpleLesson

all personsmounted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave mounted
he, she, ithas mounted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill mount

Synonyms

18 synonyms
to have sexual intercourse with someone:coitize
Close in meaning

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

16 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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