mounted

UK: /ˈmaʊntɪd/ US: /ˈmaʊntɪd/ ,(moun′tid)

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mount•ed /ˈmaʊntɪd/  adj. [before a noun]

1. riding on horses or motorcycles:
   mounted police.

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mount•ed  (moun′tid), adj. 

1. seated or riding on a horse or other animal.
2. serving on horseback or on some special mount, as soldiers or police.
3. Military (formerly) permanently equipped with horses or vehicles for transport. Cf. mobile (def. 3).
4. having or set in a mounting:
   mounted gems.
5. put into position for use, as guns.

• mount¹ + -ed² 1575–85

Antonyms

• 1. afoot.

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mounted / ˈmaʊntɪd/ adjective

1. equipped with or riding horses: mounted police
2. provided with a support, backing, etc

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mount¹ /maʊnt/   v. 

1. to go up;
   climb;
   ascend: [~ + object]
   She mounted the stairs.
   [no object]
   I approached the stairs and mounted carefully.
2. to get up on (a platform, a horse, etc.): [~ + object]
   He mounted the stage and strode to the podium.
   [no object]
   mounted smoothly and galloped off.
3. to set (a person) on horseback:
   [~ + object] She mounted her daughter on the horse next to hers.
4. to set or place at a higher position:
   [~ + object] The Greeks mounted their wooden horse on a platform.
5. to organize and launch (an attack, etc.):
   [~ + object] A search was mounted the next day.
6. to put (a sentry) on guard:
   [~ + object] to mount a 24-hour watch.
7. to fix on or in a frame, etc.:
   [~ + object] to mount a photograph on cardboard.
8. Show Business to provide (a play, etc.) with scenery, costumes, etc., for production:
   [~ + object] The school managed to mount quite a performance for their end-of-year play.
9. Animal Behavior [~ + object] (of an animal) to climb upon (another animal) for sexual relations.
10. to increase in amount or intensity:
    [~ (+ up ) ] The tension mounted (up) as the two old enemies began their debate.

n. [countable]

11. an animal, or sometimes a vehicle, as a bicycle, used for riding:
    an easy-going mount for a child to ride.
12. a support, backing, etc., on or in which something is mounted.

mount•a•ble, adj. 
mount•er, n. [countable]

mount² /maʊnt/   n. 

1. a mountain:
   [countable] to climb a mount.
   [often: Mount* no article;
   part of the name of a mountain]
   climbing Mount Kilimanjaro.

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mount¹  (mount), v.t. 

1. to go up;
   climb;
   ascend:
   to mount stairs.
2. to get up on (a platform, a horse, etc.).
3. to set or place at an elevation:
   to mount a house on stilts.
4. to furnish with a horse or other animal for riding.
5. to set or place (a person) on horseback.
6. to organize, as an army.
7. to prepare and launch, as an attack or a campaign.
8. to raise or put into position for use, as a gun.
9. Military (of a fortress or warship) to have or carry (guns) in position for use.
10. to go or put on guard, as a sentry or watch.
11. to attach to or fix on or in a support, backing, setting, etc.:
    to mount a photograph; to mount a diamond in a ring.
12. to arrange for display:
    to mount a museum exhibit.
13. Show Business to provide (a play, musical comedy, opera, etc.) with scenery, costumes, and other equipment for production.
14. Biology to prepare (an animal body or skeleton) as a specimen.
15. (of a male animal) to climb upon (a female) for copulation.
16. [Micros.]
    • to prepare (a slide) for microscopic investigation.
    • to prepare (a sample) for examination by a microscope, as by placing it on a slide.

v.i. 

17. to increase in amount or intensity (often fol. by up):
    The cost of all those small purchases mounts up.
18. to get up on the back of a horse or other animal for riding.
19. to rise or go to a higher position, level, degree, etc.;
    ascend.
20. to get up on something, as a platform.

n. 

21. the act or a manner of mounting.
22. a horse, other animal, or sometimes a vehicle, as a bicycle, used, provided, or available for riding.
23. an act or occasion of riding a horse, esp. in a race.
24. a support, backing, setting, or the like, on or in which something is, or is to be, mounted or fixed.
25. Furniture an ornamental metal piece applied to a piece of wooden furniture.
26. [Micros.] a prepared slide.
27. a distinctive metal feature on a sheath or scabbard, as a locket or chape.
28. Stamps [Philately.] hinge (def. 4).
29. Printing a wooden or metal block to which a plate is secured for printing.

• Vulgar Latin *montāre, derivative of Latin mont- (stem of mōns) mount²
• Old French munter, monter
• Middle English mounten 1300–50

mount′a•ble, adj. 
mount′less, adj. 
Synonyms

• 1. scale. See climb. 
• 19. soar.
• 22. steed, charger, palfrey.

Antonyms

• 1, 19. descend.

mount²  (mount), n. [Chiefly Literary.]

1. a mountain: often used as part of a placename.

• Latin mont- (stem of mōns) mountain, hill
• Middle English, Old English munt bef. 900

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mount / maʊnt/ verb

1. to go up (a hill, stairs, etc); climb
2. to get up on (a horse, a platform, etc)
3. (intransitive) often followed by up: io increase; accumulate: excitement mounted
4. (transitive) to fix onto a backing, setting, or support: to mount a photograph, to mount a slide
5. (transitive) to provide with a horse for riding, or to place on a horse
6. (of male animals) to climb onto (a female animal) for copulation
7. (transitive) to prepare (a play, musical comedy, etc) for production
8. (transitive) to plan and organize (a campaign, an exhibition, etc)
9. (transitive) to prepare (a skeleton, dead animal, etc) for exhibition as a specimen
10. (transitive) to place or carry (weapons) in such a position that they can be fired
11. mount guard ⇒
    See guard22

noun

1. a backing, setting, or support onto which something is fixed
2. the act or manner of mounting
3. a horse for riding
4. a slide used in microscopy
5. 
   another word for hinge5

Etymology: 16th Century: from Old French munter, from Vulgar Latin montāre (unattested) from Latin mons mount²

ˈmountable adjective

ˈmounter noun

mount / maʊnt/ noun

1. a mountain or hill: used in literature and (when cap.) in proper names: Mount Everest

Etymology: Old English munt, from Latin mons mountain, but influenced in Middle English by Old French mont