mount

mount
    n 1: a lightweight horse kept for riding only [syn: {saddle
         horse}, {riding horse}, {mount}]
    2: the act of climbing something; "it was a difficult climb to
       the top" [syn: {climb}, {mount}]
    3: a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher
       than a hill [syn: {mountain}, {mount}]
    4: a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or
       other jewelry) that holds a gem in place; "the diamond was in
       a plain gold mount" [syn: {mount}, {setting}]
    5: something forming a back that is added for strengthening
       [syn: {backing}, {mount}]
    v 1: attach to a support; "They mounted the aerator on a
         floating"
    2: go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were
       lowered" [syn: {wax}, {mount}, {climb}, {rise}] [ant: {wane}]
    3: fix onto a backing, setting, or support; "mount slides for
       macroscopic analysis"
    4: put up or launch; "mount a campaign against pornography"
    5: get up on the back of; "mount a horse" [syn: {hop on},
       {mount}, {mount up}, {get on}, {jump on}, {climb on},
       {bestride}] [ant: {get off}, {hop out}]
    6: go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever
       climb up the hill behind your house?" [syn: {climb}, {climb
       up}, {mount}, {go up}]
    7: prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution
       or performance; "mount a theater production"; "mount an
       attack"; "mount a play" [syn: {mount}, {put on}]
    8: copulate with; "The bull was riding the cow" [syn: {ride},
       {mount}]
    

Mount \Mount\ (mount), n. [OE. munt, mont, mount, AS. munt, fr.
   L. mons, montis; cf. L. minae protections, E. eminent,
   menace: cf. F. mont. Cf. {Mount}, v., {Mountain}, {Mont},
   {Monte}, {Montem}.]
   1. 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.
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   2. A bulwark for offense or defense; a mound. [Obs.]
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            Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against
            Jerusalem.                            --Jer. vi. 6.
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   3. [See {Mont de pi['e]t['e]}.] A bank; a fund.
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   4. (Palmistry) 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.
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   {Mount of piety}. See {Mont de pi['e]t['e]}.
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Mount \Mount\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Mounted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Mounting}.] [OE. mounten, monten, F. monter, fr. L. mons,
   montis, mountain. See {Mount}, n. (above).]
   1. To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to
      tower aloft; to ascend; -- often with up.
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            Though Babylon should mount up to heaven. --Jer. li.
                                                  53.
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            The fire of trees and houses mounts on high.
                                                  --Cowley.
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   2. To get up on anything, as a platform or scaffold;
      especially, to seat one's self on a horse for riding.
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   3. To attain in value; to amount.
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            Bring then these blessings to a strict account,
            Make fair deductions, see to what they mount.
                                                  --Pope.
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Mount \Mount\, n. [From {Mount}, v.]
   That upon which a person or thing is mounted, especially:
   (a) A horse.
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             She had so good a seat and hand, she might be
             trusted with any mount.              --G. Eliot.
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   (b) The cardboard or cloth on which a drawing, photograph, or
       the like is mounted; a mounting.
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Mount \Mount\, v. t.
   1. To get upon; to ascend; to climb; as, to mount the pulpit
      and deliver a sermon.
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            Shall we mount again the rural throne? --Dryden.
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   2. To place one's self on, as a horse or other animal, or
      anything that one sits upon; to bestride.
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   3. To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with
      animals for riding; to furnish with horses. "To mount the
      Trojan troop." --Dryden.
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   4. Hence: To put upon anything that sustains and fits for
      use, as a gun on a carriage, a map or picture on cloth or
      paper; to prepare for being worn or otherwise used, as a
      diamond by setting, or a sword blade by adding the hilt,
      scabbard, etc.; as, to mount a picture or diploma in a
      frame
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   5. To raise aloft; to lift on high.
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            What power is it which mounts my love so high?
                                                  --Shak.
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   Note: A fort or ship is said to mount cannon, when it has
         them arranged for use in or about it.
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   {To mount guard} (Mil.), to go on guard; to march on guard;
      to do duty as a guard.

   {To mount a play}, to prepare and arrange the scenery,
      furniture, etc., used in the play.
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mount

   <file system> To make a {file system} available for access.

   {Unix} does this by associating the file system with a
   {directory} (the "mount point") within a currently mounted
   file system.  The "root" file system is mounted on the {root
   directory}, "/" early in the {boot} sequence.  "mount" is also
   the {Unix} command to do this, "unmount" breaks the
   association.

   E.g., "mount attaches a named file system to the file system
   hierarchy at the pathname location directory [...]" -- {Unix
   manual page} mount(8).

   File systems are usually mounted either at {boot time} under
   control of {/etc/rc} (or one of its subfiles) or on demand by
   an {automounter} {daemon}.

   Other {operating systems} such as {VMS} and {DOS} mount file
   systems as separate directory hierarchies without any common
   ancestor or root directory.

   Apparently derived from the physical sense of "mount" meaning
   "attach", as in "head-mounted display", or "set up", as in
   "always mount a {scratch monkey}, etc."

   {Unix manual page}: mount(8).

   (1997-04-14)
    

Mount
Palestine is a hilly country (Deut. 3:25; 11:11; Ezek. 34:13).
West of Jordan the mountains stretch from Lebanon far down into
Galilee, terminating in Carmel. The isolated peak of Tabor rises
from the elevated plain of Esdraelon, which, in the south, is
shut in by hills spreading over the greater part of Samaria. The
mountains of Western and Middle Palestine do not extend to the
sea, but gently slope into plains, and toward the Jordan fall
down into the Ghor.

  East of the Jordan the Anti-Lebanon, stretching south,
terminates in the hilly district called Jebel Heish, which
reaches down to the Sea of Gennesareth. South of the river
Hieromax there is again a succession of hills, which are
traversed by wadies running toward the Jordan. These gradually
descend to a level at the river Arnon, which was the boundary of
the ancient trans-Jordanic territory toward the south.

  The composition of the Palestinian hills is limestone, with
occasional strata of chalk, and hence the numerous caves, some
of large extent, found there.
    

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      fail, feature, fill horse, filler, filly, flop, flow, fly up, foal,
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      gain strength, gallop, gelding, get ahead, get in, get on,
      get over, gigster, give a boost, give a lift, go, go aboard,
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      rear up, redouble, regress, remount, retrogress, ride bareback,
      ride hard, rider, riding horse, rise, rise up, rising, road horse,
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      upgang, upgo, upgoing, upgrade, upgrow, upgrowth, upheave, uphill,
      upleap, uplift, upping, uprear, uprisal, uprise, uprising, uprush,
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      upsweep, upswing, upwind, vault, vise, wane, war-horse, wax,
      wheeler, wheelhorse, whirl, widen, wild horse, workhorse, zoom,
      zooming