1Climb up (stairs, a hill, or other rising surface)

1. 1.1 Climb or move up on to (a raised surface)
   the master of ceremonies mounted the platform

   Example sentencesExamples

   • A 22-year-old local man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after his car mounted the pavement and struck a pedestrian.
   • Officers were told Jacobson's car had mounted the kerb and it had been swerving before it collided with a lamppost.
   • His car mounted a steel safety barrier, cleared a wall and struck the porch of the Davis family's home before ending up on the lawn.
   • The young woman left badly injured when his car struck her after mounting a central reservation is calling for him to be jailed.
   • Three people are dead and two schoolgirls are fighting for their lives today after a sports car mounted the pavement and collided with a group of pedestrians.
   • She believed people could have been injured or killed had there been anyone in the lounge, or standing on the pavement, when the car mounted the kerb and rammed into the wall.
   • Thus it was that at 2.00 pm on the 30th January 1649 Charles mounted the execution platform accompanied only by Bishop Juxon.
   • Schoolchildren had to jump out of the way after a car mounted a pavement at Market Hill, Maldon, a court heard on Monday.
   • The victim was walking along Jubilee Street when the car mounted the pavement, knocking into her and a teenager.
   • She was hit by a speeding car which mounted the pavement as she was walking to the shops.
   • I would stop all the lorries thundering through the high street and delivery vans mounting the pavements, blocking shop entrances.
   • It is understood the car mounted a pavement and struck a lamppost but then sped off.
   • Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi quickly mounted the podium to move that the conference reject the resignation.
   • Eight children were injured when a car mounted the pavement in Norwood High Street, after colliding with another vehicle.
   • But then he turned round and mounted the slightly raised platform where the government sits.
   • The car mounted the kerb on a bend and crossed on to the other side of the road where it hit the Citroen van.
   • The car mounted the kerb before striking the sloped wall at Castleyards and coming to rest on its side in Junction Road.
   • He was alone and heading back to the home of his girlfriend, Charlotte, when the car mounted the verge and hit a tree in the garden of a pair of unoccupied cottages.
   • Police believe the car skidded out of control on ice, mounted the pavement and hit a dry stone wall before flipping over and throwing the driver from the vehicle.
   • A pensioner was so drunk behind the wheel of his car he twice mounted the kerb and nearly crashed into a pedestrian crossing, a court heard.
   • She was trapped under the wheels of the car which mounted the pavement and pushed her through a fence as she was walking home with her mother.

   Synonyms

   climb on to, jump on to, clamber on to, get on to
2. 1.2 Get up on (an animal or bicycle) in order to ride it.
   Example sentencesExamples

   • And when they mounted their ponies and rode away, we were more alarmed than ever, for we feared they had gone for reinforcements.
   • After he mounted the elephant, it refused to cross the Bagmati River on its way into exile.
   • He handed Alice the message, mounted his horse and rode away.
   • But the 50-year-old maintenance man has to mount his bicycle every day to catch the ferry over to Mull every night, where he lives in a caravan.
   • ‘I will ride ahead,’ he said, mounting his horse, which whinnied and trotted back a few steps.
   • Managing a nervous smile, Alicia wished him good night, mounted her bicycle and rode home, her mind a muddle of happiness and apprehension.
   • He quickly mounted his horse and rode off to the shack.
   • The sky is rosy as we mount our bikes and set off down the hill in the bracing cold.
   • She mounted her horse and rode away, satisfied with the transaction she'd just made.
   • Travis mounted his bike and rode down the field towards the path.
   • He marched down the front steps and mounted his horse before riding off down the street.
   • Rave saluted the general, mounted his horse and rode back to Fort Nilton.
   • I saw Ashton appear late in the day, mounting the horse Adam had prepared for him, and riding off towards the woods.
   • young cyclists mounted their bikes for the British Heart Foundation Junior Charity Bike Ride on Monday, despite the typical Bank Holiday wind and rain.
   • Lydon deftly mounted the beast and urged her to about face.
   • I stormed out of the house, mounted my bike and rode down to the lake.
   • Joe offered up a small prayer of gratitude and mounted the pinto mare.
   • Each morning the boy watched his father mount his horse and ride away toward the Court of Justice.
   • ‘My grandfather has horses,’ she said simply, easily mounting the mare.
   • Scores of students were caught on camera mounting their bicycles either without their helmets, with helmets unfastened or casually slung across their handlebars.
   • Pat offered to drive him to the vicarage and back, but he was adamant in refusal, mounted his bicycle, and pedalled off.

   Synonyms

   get astride, straddle, get on the back of, bestride, get on to, hop on to
3. 1.3 Set (someone) on horseback; provide with a horse.
   she was mounted on a white horse

   Example sentencesExamples

   • A few guests were already mounted for the road, half asleep, bloat-faced and red-eyed, leaning to and fro in their saddles.
   • Now all four of us were mounted and it's decided that I'll ride along with Marcy, and William and Russ will go around the other way.
   • Sir Christopher was mounted on one horse and Sarah, with Sasha sitting behind her, on the other horse.
   • Seeing as I was mounted, Reese turned to the dying campfire.
   • All the men were mounted when d'Auvergne walked over to Isabel.
   • Once I was mounted, I smiled dazzlingly at Henry, who kicked his horse into a trot.

   Synonyms

   get astride, straddle, get on the back of, bestride, get on to, hop on to
4. 1.4 (of a male mammal or bird) get on (a female) for the purpose of copulation.
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Because the male turkeys were so unnaturally bloated they were unable to mount the female turkeys.
   • A male would sometimes mount a female three or four times in succession.
   • When the male mounts the female he will normally grab and hold her rear quarters, his forelegs wrapped around her waist.
   • When our male cat tries to mount the female, she hisses and scratches and fights him off - does your female fight?
   • Male seaweed flies, for instance, are more likely to mount females if they have had prior exposure to seaweed.
   • This permits the male to mount her back and attempt copulation by curling his abdomen to clasp her genitalia.
   • The males mount the females for one-to two-minute intervals before copulation actually takes place.
   • The bull seemed quite comfortable in his new home and promptly mounted one of the females, much to the delight of everyone.
   • Both cats growled as the male mounted the great lioness.
   • The luckiest male mounts the female and remains in position for many hours, unless another male manages to prise him off by biting and clawing at him.
   • Mating takes place at the surface, often an ungainly procedure involving much rolling about and waving of flippers as the amorous male tries to mount the female.
   • Copulations in which the male forcefully mounted the female in the absence of female solicitation were regarded as forced.
   • But the public thought, rightly, that this was plain wrong, in much the same way as your dog attempting to mount your cat is plain wrong.

2Organize and initiate (a campaign or other significant course of action)

1. 2.1 Establish; set up.
   security forces mounted checkpoints at every key road

   Example sentencesExamples

   • On the road running north from Kandahar to Kabul, US special forces were last night mounting roadblocks, hunting for senior Taliban leaders and fighters from Al Qaeda.
   • Although detectives mounted checkpoints on roads around Lismore within minutes of the alarm being raised, the gang is still at large.
   • Gardai are to mount high-visibility checkpoints throughout the country this weekend in an effort to curb the rising level of road deaths.
2. 2.2 Produce (a play, exhibition, or other artistic event); present for public view or display.
   Example sentencesExamples

   • It will be the third time that the National Palace Museum has mounted exhibitions in a foreign country.
   • Irish artists who have yet to mount a solo exhibition at a recognised art gallery are being given an opportunity to do just that by Sligo Art Gallery.
   • In 1996, the museum mounted an exhibition of the Meyerhoff collection.
   • Welcome to Sanctuary, the most moving and I would predict successful exhibition ever mounted by Glasgow's Museum of Modern Art.
   • The Factory Theatre Artistic Director has mounted more than 30 productions throughout his career and knows a thing or two about staging a play.
   • Rochester is banished from the court for writing and mounting a play that ridicules Charles II.
   • Why then do we continue to mount these plays, so often and with such virtuous resolve?
   • The event being mounted in Boston is a media spectacle devoid of any real debate or struggle.
   • If enough information can be found, the museum hopes to mount an exhibition.
   • Unlike theatre, in which most productions are built from scratch, the majority of operas are mounted using rented productions that includes sets, props and costumes.
   • Did you feel that, whatever the drawbacks, it was still important to mount an Asian play on Broadway?
   • It is the latest in a series of major international exhibitions mounted by the Kerry Museum in recent years.
   • In addition, special exhibitions were mounted in some twenty institutions in New York City.
   • Every spring, the museum mounts a festival of short film and videos.
   • The fact that the Prime Minister himself is said to have strong-armed London's museums into mounting the festival does not make it inevitable that it will be lousy.
   • Yet it has recently staged four plays about the 20th century, runs a host of youth and community schemes and is now mounting the first play about foot-and-mouth.
   • However, Luang Prabang is increasing pressure to mount the play during the festival as it has the potential to become a major source of revenue for the city.
   • Lesley has been impressed by the all-inclusive attitude to mounting a play at the theatre.
   • Sligo Art Gallery will mount an exhibition of new work by well known Sligo artist Audrey Irwin.
   • This was an outstanding instance of a private commercial gallery mounting a museum-quality exhibition of a great modernist artist.

   Synonyms

   put on display, display, exhibit, present, put in place, install

3no object Grow larger or more numerous.

1. 3.1 (of a feeling) become stronger or more intense.
   his anxiety mounted as messages were left unanswered

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Despite impressive security measures, fear is mounting, and not just among tenants.
   • Her jealously and frustration mounting, Tessa interrupted once more.
   • The excitement is mounting, particularly after a couple of signs appeared in the shop window anticipating the event.
   • Frustration is mounting among local skaters as facilities at Five Dock Park fall into disrepair and council promises to upgrade them go unfulfilled.
   • Community fears are mounting over the proposed foreshore redevelopment and port enhancement.
   • Excitement mounts as the magic figure of 235 draws near.
   • Excitement is mounting in Bofield and surrounding areas as everyone looks forward to January 1, 2003.
   • With the grand opening next month, excitement is mounting in what looks set to be a valuable community facility.
   • As in every town and village in Mayo excitement is mounting in Kiltimagh in the lead up to the All Ireland Football Final next Sunday.
   • On a different note, fears were mounting in the county that Tralee General Hospital could be facing possible downgrading and a loss of vital services under a radical new health service report.
   • The excitement was mounting as the day drew near.
   • And excitement is mounting among those travelling back to Mayo for what should be a memorable few days.
   • Italy's churches draw millions of visitors each year and anger is mounting over how some mistreat the nation's religious heritage.
   • Excitement is mounting at a Canvey school as pupils prepare for an appearance on TV.
   • However, as anger mounted in the schools and opposition politicians intensified their criticism, there were calls for major protests.
   • Fears are mounting over the future of sport on the south bank of the Humber after it emerged that one of the area's biggest sports centres may have to close.
   • It's the fourth such event and the excitement is mounting.
   • Mitch looked up at Zach in disbelief, anger mounting.
   • Every time Washington vetoes a UN Security Council resolution seeking justice for the Palestinians, Arab anger mounts against the US.
   • Preparations are underway and excitement is mounting as the children of the Village Montessori Pre-School are getting ready for their Christmas outing.
2. 3.2 (of blood) rise visibly into the cheeks.
   feeling the blush mount in her cheeks, she looked down quickly

   Example sentencesExamples

   • As the heat mounted up in my cheeks, I turned around quickly to avoid Jake's stare.

4Place or fix (an object) in its operating position.

1. 4.1 Set in or attach to a backing or setting.
   the photographs will be mounted and framed

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Other drawings and photographs, projected as slides or mounted on easels, picked out details of the city, highlighting the jumble of old and new.
   • The artist mounted 12 such leaf images on a black background, creating a grid that is filled with spring colors and life.
   • The vintage posters are offered archivally mounted onto linen for conservation purposes or unmounted in their original state.
   • Chapter thirteen covers the various options available for mounting your photos.
   • Another factor to consider is how the photograph is mounted.
   • The modern world intrudes, too, in the form of small framed photographs mounted on a work's surface.
   • Her original relief sculptures are mounted on watercolor paper and photographed.
   • For the installation, Sui mounted glamorously framed replicas of 17th-century still-life paintings on three red walls.
   • She looked at the various framed certificates, mounted onto the peach colored wall, that were arranged in an unbelievably neat order.
   • Six triangular wedges, which can be pieced together to create a solid hexagon, have been separated and mounted along the wall of the stairway.
   • She frequently hires Tucker to mount and frame art images she finds in publications and on postcards.
   • Therefore, when mounting large, heavy objects, the mass of the object should be distributed over a wider surface than in a standard frame, Storch emphasized.
   • He mounts photomontages of nightmarish imagery, amusing and dangerous, on all kinds of rich and startling supports.
   • I then mounted the print onto a Masonite board, which was slightly smaller than the print to ensure the outer border would be concealed behind the deckled edges.
   • These pictures would later be hand-colored and mounted together to form a large design.
   • The fresco is mounted onto a customized Masonite backing for reinforcement.

   Synonyms

   install, place, fix, set, erect, put up, attach, put in position, secure
2. 4.2 Fix (an object for viewing) on a microscope slide.
   Example sentencesExamples

   • The root sections were mounted under coverslips using an anti-fade mountant.
   • Small fragments of liver tissue were placed on slides in a drop of 45% acetic acid, mounted under coverslips and squashed.
   • The stained roots were mounted in lactoglycerol onto microscope slides.
   • The treated millipedes were then mounted between two glass microscope slides using Euparal mounting medium.
   • The coverslips were mounted, cell side up, on labelled microscope slides.
   • The slides were then dehydrated and cleared in graded alcohol and xylene, respectively, and mounted with a coverglass.
   • The slides were finally mounted with coverslips and coded for analysis to avoid bias.
   • Dehydrated flies were mounted for electron microscopy.
   • The sections were mounted, stained with toluidine blue, scanned and photographed under a microscope.
   • Plant tissue samples were placed on cover slips and mounted in water.
   • The coverslip was mounted in Vectashield and viewed under a fluorescence microscope.
   • Slides were counterstained with hematoxylin and mounted.
   • Stained elements were dehydrated in a graded series of alcohols, cleared in xylene, and mounted in histological resin.
   • By adhering to the cover slips during mounting, most of the isolated, two-dimensional fossils were usefully oriented into a single focal plane.
   • Slides were counterstained with hematoxylin, dehydrated, and mounted with glass coverslips.
   • They were then washed with purified water, allowed to dry and mounted onto microscope slides, cells side up.
   • Sections were counterstained with hematoxylin and mounted in permanent mounting medium.
   • Stained and washed cells were maintained on ice until mounted for microscopy.
   • After a final wash, coverslips were mounted in Vectashield mounting medium.
   • Slides were washed twice with buffer and mounted for microscopy.
3. 4.3Computing Make (a disk or disk drive) available for use.
   Example sentencesExamples

   • To have a look at the contents of the disk image, mount it as a loop device using these commands.
   • These virtual disks can be formatted and file systems or databases mounted on them just like any conventional physical disk.
   • It has also been claimed that part or all of the device's memory can be mounted on a host computer's desktop as a removable storage device.
   • Instructions on configuring the system to use your modem, mounting your CD-ROM and optimizing the kernel for firewalling are also given.
   • Finally, the site administrator makes the package available by mounting it (one or more times) via the administrative site map.

1A backing or setting on which a photograph, gem, or work of art is set for display.

1. 1.1 A glass microscope slide for securing a specimen to be viewed.
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Bacterial cell morphology was examined using transmission electron microscopy of thin sections and whole mounts of gonococci.
   • The medical technologist prepared a wet mount of the specimen to determine if an adequate number of columnar epithelial cells were present.
   • Spores may be demonstrated by phase-contrast microscopy of wet mounts, where they appear mature and retractile.
   • Purkinje was the first to make glass slide mounts with Canada balsam.
   • All other specimens were tested using whole mounts, not sections.
   • The bottom shows uranyl-acetate-stained whole mounts of gonococci.
   • Each specimen was also examined microscopically as a wet mount.
2. 1.2 A clear plastic or paper sleeve used to display a postage stamp.
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Because stamps are damaged by glue, tape and other commercial adhesives, collectors use only stamp hinges and stamp mounts that are specially designed for postage stamp display.
   • Stamp mounts allow you to safely secure your stamps to an album page, without damaging the stamp.
   • Millions of collectors throughout the world have used these mounts for the safe keeping of their valuable stamps.

2A support for a gun, camera, or similar piece of equipment.

3A horse being ridden or that is available for riding.

1. 3.1 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

   Example sentencesExamples

   • With 112 wins from 407 mounts, Clifton Berry finished atop the jockey standings.
   • For Dos Ramos, the victory made up for a day of hard luck, as the jockey lost all three of his regularly scheduled mounts on the card due to scratches.
   • He could achieve his goal on Sunday; he is set to ride seven mounts on the nine race card at the Northern California oval.
   • Norman also said New York-based jockey Edgar Prado will come in for the mount replacing regular rider Jamie Theriot.
   • Maryland-based jockey Ramon Dominguez will retain the mount.
   • Jimmy Quinn, his usual jockey, takes the mount.
   • Jockey Alan Daly, who did ride on Saturday, picked up two mounts on horses that other jockeys had refused to ride in protest of the low purses.
   • Kieren Fallon, Sir Michael's number-one jockey, takes the mount on both runners.
   • Officials from the track contacted jockeys later that evening to determine who would accept mounts at Tuesday's draw for Thursday's races.
   • Regular jockey Jeremy Rose has the mount on Afleet Alex in the Juvenile and the pair will start from post three in the field of eight.
   • Win's Fair Lady is trained by Bobby Barbara and jockey Richard Migliore has the mount.
   • Albarado entered Thursday in second place on Keeneland Race Course's jockey standings with 11 wins from 60 mounts.
   • Richard Hughes picks up the mount after jockey Olivier Peslier was injured this week.
   • Jockey Frankie Dettori will have the mount aboard the three-year-old Kentucky-bred son of Wild Rush.
   • Pedro Alvarado won the jockey title with 122 wins from 576 mounts, which earned $1,806,064 in purses.
   • French champion jockey Dominique Boeuf won the challenge with two winning mounts.
   • His 53 wins from 155 mounts earned him the leading jockey title.
   • Jockey John Velazquez has the mount on the half brother to Group 1 winner Sophisticat in the one-mile event, carded as the fifth race.
   • He is named on two mounts on Thursday at Churchill and is scheduled to ride during the Ellis Park meeting, which begins on July 12.
   • Jockey Travis Dunkelberger enjoyed a record afternoon on Wednesday at Timonium when he rode seven winners from nine mounts.
   • Arroyo has ridden 124 winners this year from 1,001 mounts.
   • Ben Russell finished second in the jockey standings with 100 wins from 445 mounts.
   • Ricky Frazier won the riding title with 109 wins, and his 555 mounts earned $1,208,018.

1A mountain or hill (archaic except in place names)

1. 1.1 Any of several fleshy prominences on the palm of the hand regarded in palmistry as signifying the degree of influence of a particular planet.
   mount of Mars

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Figure 4 shows the traditional rulership between lines and mounts.
   • Sometimes only a single line can be seen crossing the palm below the mounts under the fingers.
   • Venus has the large mount under the thumb and the Moon rules the mount opposite at the edge of the hand.
   • In order to judge the value and success of the Fate Line, the lines of Life and Head, together with the ruling mounts and thumb must be in good formation.