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--v. 2 climb (up), go up, ascend, scale, clamber up, make one's
way up: We mounted the ladder to the roof. The speaker mounted
the dais. 3 rise (up), arise, soar, fly (up), rocket (upwards):
With the salmon in its grasp, the eagle mounted to the sky. 4
climb or get or clamber up on, bestride, straddle, bestraddle:
The gunfighter mounted his horse and rode off. 5 (put on)
display, (put on) exhibit, put on exhibition, present, install
or instal, stage, prepare, ready, put on, put in place, set up;
arrange, coordinate, compose, organize, set in motion, launch:
The gallery will mount a show of John's sculpture next spring.
They have mounted a major advertising campaign for their face
cream. 6 frame, mat or matt, set off: This print should be
mounted using an olive green paper. 7 increase, wax, rise,
escalate, intensify, swell, expand, grow, mount up, multiply,
pile up, build up, accumulate: Complaints have been mounting
against the vulgar language heard on prime-time TV.
--n. 8 backing, setting, support, mounting, background, set,
arrangement, backdrop, scene: This style of mount sets off the
ruby to its best advantage. 9 horse, steed, charger, palfrey:
Her mount was a grey mare.
mountain n. 1 height, elevation, mount, eminence, prominence, peak, alp,
tor, summit, No. Eng. and Scots fell, Scots and Irish English
ben: Her favourite sport is climbing mountains. 2 heap, pile,
stack, mound, accumulation, abundance, mass, Colloq ton(s),
heaps, piles, stacks: I have a mountain of laundry to do.
mountainous
adj. 1 craggy, alpine, Himalayan: It was very slow going
through the mountainous parts of the country. 2 huge, towering,
high, steep, enormous, immense, formidable, mighty, monumental,
prodigious, staggering: Their tiny craft was almost engulfed by
the mountainous seas.
mourn v. grieve (over), lament, sorrow (over), bemoan, bewail, keen,
weep for or over, regret, rue, deplore: We all mourned the loss
of a great leader. After his death, the nation mourned for a
month.
mournful adj. 1 sad, sorrowful, dismal, melancholy, blue, afflicted,
doleful, dolorous, grief-stricken, rueful, forlorn, woebegone,