mount

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   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

2. 2
   verb

   fix onto a backing, setting, or support

   mount slides for macroscopic analysis

3. 3
   verb

   attach to a support

   They mounted the aerator on a floating

4. 4
   verb

   put up or launch

   mount a campaign against pornography

5. 5
   verb

   prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance

   mount a theater production

6. 6
   verb

   get up on the back of

   mount a horse

7. 7
   noun

   Any of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand, taken to represent the influences of various heavenly bodies.

   the mount of Jupiter

8. 8
   noun

   A bulwark for offence or defence; a mound.

   ⸿ For thus hath the Lord of hoſtes said ; Hew yee downe trees and ‖ caſt a mount againſt Jeruſalem : this is the citie to be viſited, ſhe is wholly oppreſſion in the midſt of her.

Etymology

From 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.