mount

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mounts, mounting, mounted

1) VERB If you mount a campaign or event, you organize it and make it take place.

[V n] The ANC announced it was mounting a major campaign of mass political protests.

[V n] ...a security operation mounted by the army.

Syn:

launch, organize

2) VERB If something mounts, it increases in intensity.

For several hours, tension mounted...

The decibel level was mounting...

[V-ing] There was mounting concern in her voice.

[V-ing] ...the mounting heat of the stadium.

Syn:

rise, increase

3) VERB If something mounts, it increases in quantity.

The uncollected garbage mounts in city streets...

[V-ing] He ignored his mounting debts.

PHRASAL VERB

To mount up means the same as to mount.

V P If you hide away your problems and pretend that they don't exist they will just continue to mount up... V P Her medical bills mounted up.

4) VERB If you mount the stairs or a platform, you go up the stairs or go up onto the platform. [FORMAL]

[V n] Llewelyn was mounting the stairs up into the keep...

[V n] The vehicle mounted the pavement.

Syn:

go up

5) VERB If you mount a horse or cycle, you climb on to it so that you can ride it.

[V n] He mounted his horse and rode away...

[V n] A man in a crash helmet was mounting a motorbike...

He went to the small stable where his horse was, harnessed it, mounted, and rode out to the beach.

Syn:

climb on, get on

6) N-COUNT A mount is a horse. [FORMAL]

...the number of owners who care for older mounts.

Syn:

horse

7) VERB If you mount an object on something, you fix it there firmly.

[V n on n] Her husband mounts the work on velour paper and makes the frame...

[V n on n] The support for the fence is mounted on an extension to the table.

[V-ed] ...a specially mounted horse shoe. [Also V n]

Derived words:

-mounted COMB in ADJ

...a wall-mounted electric fan.

...pickup trucks with side-mounted fuel tanks.

8) VERB If you mount an exhibition or display, you organize and present it.

[V n] The gallery has mounted an exhibition of art by Irish women painters.

Syn:

put on

9) N-IN-NAMES Mount is used as part of the name of a mountain.

...Mount Everest.

10) → See also mounted

Phrasal Verbs:

- mount up