| mount | | |
| 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" |
| saddle | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. saddle | a seat for the rider of a horse or camel. |
| ~ cantle | the back of a saddle seat. |
| ~ english cavalry saddle, english saddle | a saddle having a steel cantle and pommel and no horn. |
| ~ packsaddle | a saddle for pack animals to which loads can be attached. |
| ~ saddlebow, pommel | handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle. |
| ~ seat | any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit).; "he dusted off the seat before sitting down" |
| ~ sidesaddle | a saddle for a woman; rider sits with both feet on the same side of the horse. |
| ~ stirrup, stirrup iron | support consisting of metal loops into which rider's feet go. |
| ~ stock saddle, western saddle | an ornamented saddle used by cowboys; has a high horn to hold the lariat. |
| n. (object) | 2. saddle, saddleback | a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle). |
| ~ mountain pass, notch, pass | the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks.; "we got through the pass before it started to snow" |
| n. (food) | 3. saddle | cut of meat (especially mutton or lamb) consisting of part of the backbone and both loins. |
| ~ cut of meat, cut | a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. saddle | a piece of leather across the instep of a shoe. |
| ~ piece of leather | a separate part consisting of leather. |
| ~ shoe | footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. bicycle seat, saddle | a seat for the rider of a bicycle. |
| ~ bicycle, bike, cycle, wheel | a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals. |
| ~ seat | any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit).; "he dusted off the seat before sitting down" |
| n. (animal) | 6. saddle | posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl. |
| ~ domestic fowl, fowl, poultry | a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl. |
| ~ body part | any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity. |
| ~ back, dorsum | the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine.; "his back was nicely tanned" |
| v. (contact) | 7. saddle | put a saddle on.; "saddle the horses" |
| ~ attach | cause to be attached. |
| v. (contact) | 8. saddle | load or burden; encumber.; "he saddled me with that heavy responsibility" |
| ~ burden, burthen, weight, weight down | weight down with a load. |
| v. (communication) | 9. burden, charge, saddle | impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to.; "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend" |
| ~ overburden | burden with too much work or responsibility. |
| ~ bear down | exert a force or cause a strain upon.; "This tax bears down on the lower middle class" |
| ~ flood out, deluge, overwhelm | charge someone with too many tasks. |
| ~ command, require | make someone do something. |
| ~ adjure | command solemnly. |
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