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| n. (animal) | 1. mount, riding horse, saddle horse | a lightweight horse kept for riding only. |
| ~ equus caballus, horse | solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times. |
| ~ remount | a fresh horse especially (formerly) to replace one killed or injured in battle. |
| ~ palfrey | especially a light saddle horse for a woman. |
| ~ warhorse | horse used in war. |
| ~ prancer | a mettlesome or fiery horse. |
| ~ hack | a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.. |
| ~ cow pony | a light saddle horse trained for herding cattle. |
| ~ quarter horse | a small powerful horse originally bred for sprinting in quarter-mile races in Virginia. |
| ~ morgan | an American breed of small compact saddle horses. |
| ~ plantation walking horse, tennessee walker, tennessee walking horse, walking horse | a horse marked by stamina and trained to move at a fast running walk. |
| ~ american saddle horse | a high-stepping horse originating in Kentucky. |
| ~ appaloosa | a hardy breed of saddle horse developed in western North America and characteristically having a spotted rump. |
| ~ arab, arabian | a spirited graceful and intelligent riding horse native to Arabia. |
| ~ lipizzan, lippizan, lippizaner | a compact and sturdy saddle horse that is bred and trained in Vienna; smart and docile and excellent for dressage.; "a Lippizan is black or brown when born but turns white by the time it is five years old" |
| ~ buckskin | horse of a light yellowish dun color with dark mane and tail. |
| ~ crow-bait, crowbait | an emaciated horse likely soon to become carrion and so attractive to crows. |
| ~ dun | horse of a dull brownish grey color. |
| ~ gray, grey | horse of a light gray or whitish color. |
| n. (act) | 2. climb, mount | the act of climbing something.; "it was a difficult climb to the top" |
| ~ ascending, rise, ascent, ascension | the act of changing location in an upward direction. |
| ~ scaling | ascent by or as if by a ladder. |
| ~ clamber | an awkward climb.; "reaching the crest was a real clamber" |
| ~ 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). |
| n. (object) | 3. mount, mountain | a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill. |
| ~ black hills | mountains in western South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming. |
| ~ alp | any high mountain. |
| ~ ben | a mountain or tall hill.; "they were climbing the ben" |
| ~ mountain peak | the summit of a mountain. |
| ~ mountainside, versant | the side or slope of a mountain.; "conifer forests cover the eastern versant" |
| ~ natural elevation, elevation | a raised or elevated geological formation. |
| ~ seamount | an underwater mountain rising above the ocean floor. |
| ~ volcano | a mountain formed by volcanic material. |
| n. (artifact) | 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. |
| ~ pave | a setting with precious stones so closely set that no metal shows. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. backing, mount | something forming a back that is added for strengthening. |
| ~ framework | a structure supporting or containing something. |
| ~ 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" |
| v. (contact) | 6. mount | attach to a support.; "They mounted the aerator on a floating" |
| ~ attach | cause to be attached. |
| ~ remount | mount again, as after disassembling something. |
| v. (change) | 7. climb, mount, rise, wax | go up or advance.; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered" |
| ~ jump | increase suddenly and significantly.; "Prices jumped overnight" |
| ~ increase | become bigger or greater in amount.; "The amount of work increased" |
| ~ gain, advance | rise in rate or price.; "The stock market gained 24 points today" |
| v. (change) | 8. mount | fix onto a backing, setting, or support.; "mount slides for macroscopic analysis" |
| ~ gear up, prepare, ready, set, fix, set up | 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" |
| v. (creation) | 9. 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" |
| v. (motion) | 10. bestride, climb on, get on, hop on, jump on, mount, mount up | 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" |
| ~ remount | mount again.; "he remounted his horse" |
| v. (motion) | 11. climb, climb up, go up, mount | go upward with gradual or continuous progress.; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?" |
| ~ scale | climb up by means of a ladder. |
| ~ escalade | climb up and over.; "They had to escalade canyons to reach their destination" |
| ~ ramp | creep up -- used especially of plants.; "The roses ramped over the wall" |
| ~ mountaineer | climb mountains for pleasure as a sport. |
| ~ go up, rise, move up, lift, arise, come up, uprise | move upward.; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows" |
| ~ ride | climb up on the body.; "Shorts that ride up"; "This skirt keeps riding up my legs" |
| v. (creation) | 12. mount, put on | prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance.; "mount a theater production"; "mount an attack"; "mount a play" |
| ~ rerun | rerun a performance of a play, for example. |
| ~ machinate, devise, prepare, organise, organize, get up | arrange by systematic planning and united effort.; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office" |
| v. (contact) | 13. mount, ride | copulate with.; "The bull was riding the cow" |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ copulate, mate, couple, pair | engage in sexual intercourse.; "Birds mate in the Spring" |
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