mount
A hill or mountainA hill or mountain.
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141 sentencesFor one to travel far, one minds his mount with care.
Who wants to travel far moves his carcass while sparing his mount.
Who wants to travel far has to move his tonsure by sparing his mount.
Meaning
13 sensesA hill or mountain.
A signal for mounting a horse.
Reitpferd, Reittier
скаку́нskakún
A mounting; an object on which another object is mounted.
The post is the mount on which the mailbox is installed.
Halterung, Halter, Sockel
More meanings 10
Any of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand, taken to represent the influences of various heavenly bodies.
the mount of Jupiter
Auffälligkeit, erhöhte Stelle
An animal, usually a horse, used to ride on.
The rider climbed onto his mount.
A green hillock in the base of a shield.
(figuratively)A car, bicycle, or motorcycle used for racing.
A step or block to assist in mounting a horse.
A dominant ground grappling position, where one combatant sits on the other combatants torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head.
The act of getting onto the apparatus.
(obsolete)A bulwark for offence or defence; a mound.
(obsolete)A bank; a fund.
- 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
- a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place
Origin
From Middle English mount, munt, from Old English munt, from Latin mōns (“a hill, mountainFrom Middle English mount, munt, from Old English munt, from Latin mōns (“a hill, mountain”), from a root seen also in ēmineō (“to project, to protrude”) (English eminent). Doublet of mons. Not related to mound.
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
plural: mountsSynonyms
8 synonyms- a lightweight horse kept for riding only:saddle horseriding horse
- the act of climbing something:climb
- a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill:mountain
- a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place:setting
- something forming a back that is added for strengthening:backing
Word family
23 related wordsSee also
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