English Dictionary: mounting | by the DICT Development Group |
4 results for mounting | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mount \Mount\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Mounted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mounting}.] [OE. mounten, monten, F. monter, fr. L. mons, montis, mountain. See {Mount}, n. (above).] 1. To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; -- often with up. Though Babylon should mount up to heaven. --Jer. li. 53. The fire of trees and houses mounts on high. --Cowley. 2. To get up on anything, as a platform or scaffold; especially, to seat one's self on a horse for riding. 3. To attain in value; to amount. Bring then these blessings to a strict account, Make fair deductions, see to what they mount. --Pope. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mounting \Mount"ing\, n. 1. The act of one that mounts. 2. That by which anything is prepared for use, or set off to advantage; equipment; embellishment; setting; as, the mounting of a sword or diamond. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mounting \Mount"ing\, n. (A[89]ronautics) = {Carriage}. |