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MOUNT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of climbing something

Example:

it was a difficult climb to the top

Synonyms:

climb; mount

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("mount" is a kind of...):

ascending; ascension; ascent; rise (the act of changing location in an upward direction)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mount"):

scaling (ascent by or as if by a ladder)

clamber (an awkward climb)

mountain climbing; mountaineering (the activity of climbing a mountain)

rock climbing (the sport or pastime of scaling rock masses on mountain sides (especially with the help of ropes and special equipment))

Derivation:

mount (go up or advance)

mount (go upward with gradual or continuous progress)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A lightweight horse kept for riding only

Synonyms:

mount; riding horse; saddle horse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("mount" is a kind of...):

Equus caballus; horse (solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mount"):

gray; grey (horse of a light gray or whitish color)

dun (horse of a dull brownish grey color)

crow-bait; crowbait (an emaciated horse likely soon to become carrion and so attractive to crows)

buckskin (horse of a light yellowish dun color with dark mane and tail)

Lipizzan; Lippizan; Lippizaner (a compact and sturdy saddle horse that is bred and trained in Vienna; smart and docile and excellent for dressage)

Arab; Arabian (a spirited graceful and intelligent riding horse native to Arabia)

Appaloosa (a hardy breed of saddle horse developed in western North America and characteristically having a spotted rump)

American saddle horse (a high-stepping horse originating in Kentucky)

Plantation walking horse; Tennessee walker; Tennessee walking horse; Walking horse (a horse marked by stamina and trained to move at a fast running walk)

Morgan (an American breed of small compact saddle horses)

quarter horse (a small powerful horse originally bred for sprinting in quarter-mile races in Virginia)

cow pony (a light saddle horse trained for herding cattle)

hack (a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.)

prancer (a mettlesome or fiery horse)

warhorse (horse used in war)

palfrey (especially a light saddle horse for a woman)

remount (a fresh horse especially (formerly) to replace one killed or injured in battle)

Derivation:

mount (get up on the back of)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Something forming a back that is added for strengthening

Synonyms:

backing; mount

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("mount" is a kind of...):

bed; layer (single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance)

reinforcement; strengthener (a device designed to provide additional strength)

Holonyms ("mount" is a part of...):

frame; framework (a structure supporting or containing something)

Derivation:

mount (fix onto a backing, setting, or support)

mount (attach to a support)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place

Example:

the diamond was in a plain gold mount

Synonyms:

mount; setting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("mount" is a kind of...):

mounting (framework used for support or display)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mount"):

pave (a setting with precious stones so closely set that no metal shows)

Derivation:

mount (fix onto a backing, setting, or support)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

Synonyms:

mount; mountain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("mount" is a kind of...):

elevation; natural elevation (a raised or elevated geological formation)

Meronyms (parts of "mount"):

mountain peak (the summit of a mountain)

mountainside; versant (the side or slope of a mountain)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mount"):

volcano (a mountain formed by volcanic material)

seamount (an underwater mountain rising above the ocean floor)

ben (a mountain or tall hill)

alp (any high mountain)

Instance hyponyms:

Black Hills (mountains in western South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fix onto a backing, setting, or support

Example:

mount slides for macroscopic analysis

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "mount" is one way to...):

fix; gear up; prepare; ready; set; set up (make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

mounting (framework used for support or display)

mounter (a skilled worker who mounts pictures or jewels etc.)

mount (a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place)

mount (something forming a back that is added for strengthening)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Go up or advance

Example:

Sales were climbing after prices were lowered

Synonyms:

climb; mount; rise; wax

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "mount" is one way to...):

increase (become bigger or greater in amount)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mount"):

jump (increase suddenly and significantly)

advance; gain (rise in rate or price)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

mount (the act of climbing something)

mounting (an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Attach to a support

Example:

They mounted the aerator on a floating

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "mount" is one way to...):

attach (cause to be attached)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mount"):

remount (mount again, as after disassembling something)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sentence example:

The men mount the bookshelves

Derivation:

mount (something forming a back that is added for strengthening)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Copulate with

Example:

The bull was riding the cow

Synonyms:

mount; ride

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "mount" is one way to...):

copulate; couple; mate; pair (engage in sexual intercourse)

Domain category:

mammal; mammalian (any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 5

Meaning:

Put up or launch

Example:

mount a campaign against pornography

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "mount" is one way to...):

initiate; pioneer (take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 6

Meaning:

Prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance

Example:

mount a play

Synonyms:

mount; put on

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "mount" is one way to...):

devise; get up; machinate; organise; organize; prepare (arrange by systematic planning and united effort)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mount"):

rerun (rerun a performance of a play, for example)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 7

Meaning:

Go upward with gradual or continuous progress

Example:

Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?

Synonyms:

climb; climb up; go up; mount

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "mount" is one way to...):

arise; come up; go up; lift; move up; rise; uprise (move upward)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mount"):

scale (climb up by means of a ladder)

escalade (climb up and over)

ramp (creep up -- used especially of plants)

mountaineer (climb mountains for pleasure as a sport)

ride (climb up on the body)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

mount (the act of climbing something)

mounter (someone who ascends on foot)

mounting (an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.))

Sense 8

Meaning:

Get up on the back of

Example:

mount a horse

Synonyms:

bestride; climb on; get on; hop on; jump on; mount; mount up

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "mount" is one way to...):

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mount"):

remount (mount again)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

mount (a lightweight horse kept for riding only)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Mounting evidence points to high levels of inflammation as an important biological abnormality leading to depression in at least one third of patients.

(Scientists Reveal How Inflammation Affects The Life of Brain Cells, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Vaccination with the neoantigen-based melanoma vaccine stimulates the host immune system to mount a cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response against tumor cells expressing the neoantigens, which results in tumor cell lysis.

(Neoantigen-based Melanoma-Poly-ICLC Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon administration, autologous melanoma lysate-pulsed autologous DC vaccine may stimulate the immune system to mount anti-tumoral cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) and antibody responses against melanoma cells, which may result in melanoma cell lysis.

(Autologous Melanoma Lysate-Pulsed Autologous Dendritic Cell Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Autologous vaccination with these altered dendritic cells may stimulate the host immune system to mount a cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response against tumor cells positive for NA17, resulting in decreased tumor growth.

(NA17 Peptide (Amino acid sequence VLPDVFIRCV), NCI Thesaurus)

Vaccination with baculovirus CEA protein vaccine may stimulate the host immune system to mount a cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response against CEA positive cells, resulting in decreased tumor growth.

(Baculovirus CEA Protein Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon administration, non-adjuvanted A(H1N1) influenza vaccine may stimulate the immune system to mount an antibody response against H1N1.

(Non-Adjuvanted A(H1N1) Influenza Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon subcutaneous administration, non-small cell lung cancer mRNA-derived vaccine CV9201 may stimulate the immune system to mount a cytotoxic, antigen-specific T lymphocyte response (CTL) against NSCLC cells.

(Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer mRNA-Derived Vaccine CV9201, NCI Thesaurus)

This, too, happened as the fox said; they carried off the bird, the princess mounted again, and they rode on to a great wood.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Usually this occurred at night, so as to avoid interference from the mounted police of the Territory.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

CD4-expressing T cells require costimulatory signals along with antigen stimulation to mount an effective immune response.

(OX40 Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)