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   mount

   /maʊnt/

   verb

   • 1. climb up (stairs, a hill, or other rising surface): "he mounted the steps" Similar go upascendclimbclimb upscaleclamber upmake one's way upmove upOpposite descend
   • ▪ climb or move up on to (a raised surface): "the master of ceremonies mounted the platform" Similar climb on tojump on toclamber on toget on toboardstep aboard
   • ▪ get up on (an animal or bicycle) in order to ride it: "he mounted the horse" Similar get astridestraddleget on the back ofbestrideget on tohop on to
   • ▪ set (someone) on horseback; provide with a horse: "she was mounted on a white horse" Similar get astridestraddleget on the back ofbestrideget on tohop on to
   • ▪ (of a male mammal or bird) assume a position on top of (a female) in order to copulate: "a female was immediately mounted by the cat"
   • 2. organize and initiate (a campaign or other course of action): "the company had successfully mounted takeover bids" Similar organizestagepreparearrangeset upproduceget uplaunchset in motionput in placeinitiate
   • ▪ establish; set up: "security forces mounted check points at every key road"
   • ▪ produce (a play, exhibition, or other artistic event) for public viewing: "the museum is mounting an exhibition of sixteenth-century drawings" Similar put on displaydisplayexhibitpresentput in placeinstallorganizeput onstageprepare
   • 3. grow larger or more numerous: "the costs mount up when you buy a home" Similar increasegrowriseescalatesoarspiralleap upshoot uprocketclimbaccumulateaccruepile upbuild upmultiplyintensifyswellliterary:waxOpposite decreasediminish
   • ▪ (of a feeling) become stronger or more intense: "his anxiety mounted as messages were left unanswered"
   • ▪ (of blood) rise visibly into the cheeks: "feeling the blush mount in her cheeks, she looked down quickly"
   • 4. place or fix (an object) on a support: "fluorescent lights are mounted on the ceiling" Similar installplacefixseterectput upattachput in positionsecure
   • ▪ set in or attach to a backing or setting: "the photographs will be mounted and framed" Similar installplacefixseterectput upattachput in positionsecure
   • ▪ fix (an object for viewing) on a microscope slide.
   • ▪ make (a disk or disk drive) available for use: "there is a limit to the number of hard disks you can have mounted"

   noun

   • 1. a backing or setting on which a photograph, gem, or work of art is set for display: "a decorated photograph mount" Similar settingbackingsupportmountingfixtureframestandbase
   • ▪ a glass microscope slide for securing a specimen to be viewed.
   • ▪ a stamp hinge.
   • 2. a support for a gun, camera, or similar piece of equipment: "heavy cannon were torn from their mounts"
   • 3. a horse that is ridden or is available for riding: "he hung on to his mount's bridle" Similar horsearchaic:steed
   • ▪ an opportunity to ride a horse, especially as a jockey: "the jockey's injuries forced him to give up the coveted mount on Cool Ground"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French munter, based on Latin mons, mont- ‘mountain’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. mountable adjective
   • 2. mounter noun

   Scrabble Points: 7

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2. www.britannica.com › place › Mount-EverestMount Everest | Height, Location, Map, Facts, Climbers, & Deaths

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   4 days ago · Mount Fuji, highest mountain in Japan. It rises to 12,388 feet (3,776 metres) near the Pacific Ocean coast in Yamanashi and Shizuoka ken (prefectures) of central Honshu, about 60 miles (100 km) west of the Tokyo-Yokohama metropolitan area.

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   2 days ago · Mount Etna is the highest active volcano in Europe, its topmost elevation being about 10,900 feet (3,320 metres). Like other active volcanoes, it varies in height, increasing from deposition during eruptions and decreasing from the periodic collapse of the crater’s rim.

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   4 days ago · Background Few clinical studies perform detailed analyses of subtypes of intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) after mechanical thrombectomy (MT) used to treat acute ischemic stroke. Symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (sICH) is a formidable complication of MT and is widely used in clinical trials as a safety outcome. However, variable definitions of sICH are used across clinical studies. Objective To ...

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   4 days ago · For instance, it is almost impossible to reuse a model defined for a device in the context of the network, i.e by encapsulating it in a list indexed by device IDs. defines the YANG mount mechanism, partially solving the problem by allowing to mount an arbitrary set of schemas at an arbitrary point.

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   5 days ago · To mount a drive in Linux, we commonly use the mount command, providing the device file and the target directory. This approach allows us to access the file system on the drive seamlessly within our main operating system.

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   1 day ago · The meaning of PARAMOUNT is superior to all others : supreme. How to use paramount in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Paramount.