Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun mount

5 senses of mount

Sense 1
saddle horse, riding horse, mount -- (a lightweight horse kept for riding only)
       => horse, Equus caballus -- (solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times)

Sense 2
climb, mount -- (the act of climbing something; "it was a difficult climb to the top")
       => rise, ascent, ascension, ascending -- (the act of changing location in an upward direction)

Sense 3
mountain, mount -- (a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill)
       => natural elevation, elevation -- (a raised or elevated geological formation)

Sense 4
mount, setting -- (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")
       => mounting -- (framework used for support or display)

Sense 5
backing, mount -- (something forming a back that is added for strengthening)
       => layer, bed -- (single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance; "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach")
       => strengthener, reinforcement -- (a device designed to provide additional strength; "the cardboard backing was just a strengthener"; "he used gummed reinforcements to hold the page in his notebook")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb mount

8 senses of mount

Sense 1
mount -- (attach to a support; "They mounted the aerator on a floating")
       => attach -- (cause to be attached)

Sense 2
wax, mount, climb, rise -- (go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered")
       => increase -- (become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased")

Sense 3
mount -- (fix onto a backing, setting, or support; "mount slides for macroscopic analysis")
       => fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set -- (make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill")

Sense 4
mount -- (put up or launch; "mount a campaign against pornography")
       => initiate, pioneer -- (take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of; "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants")

Sense 5
hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on, bestride -- (get up on the back of; "mount a horse")
       => move -- (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right")

Sense 6
climb, climb up, mount, go up -- (go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?")
       => rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise -- (move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows")

Sense 7
mount, put on -- (prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance; "mount a theater production"; "mount an attack"; "mount a play")
       => organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate -- (arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office")

Sense 8
ride, mount -- (copulate with; "The bull was riding the cow")
       => copulate, mate, pair, couple -- (engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring")