mount in English: To get up onto a horse or a bicycle; also to climb up something or to keep rising. (verb)

Translation

To get up onto a horse or a bicycle; also to climb up something or to keep rising.

Word origin

From Old French monter, meaning to go up, from Latin mons, meaning mountain.

Verb typeregular (mount, mounts, mounted)

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To mount a horse is to get up onto its back.

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A formal way to say went up.

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Mounting costs, pressure, or excitement keep rising.

climb

To move up something high, using your hands and feet.

horse

A big, strong animal with four legs that people ride or that pulls things.

ride

To sit on a horse, bike, or animal and move with it.

top

The highest part of something.

up

Towards a higher place, or to a standing or finished position.

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