Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Something that serves as a support, setting, or backing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In heraldry, rising or climbing: applied to beasts of chase when they are represented in the position called rampant in case of a beast of prey. Compare
mountant . - noun The act of rising or ascending; especially, the act of getting on horseback; ascent; soaring.
- noun The act or art of setting stuffed skins of animals in a natural attitude; taxidermy.
- noun That which serves to mount anything, as a sword-blade, a print, or a gem: see
mount , verb, 7. - noun That which is or may be mounted for use or ornament: as, the mountings for an angler's rod.
- noun Same as
harness , 5.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of one that mounts.
- noun That by which anything is prepared for use, or set off to advantage; equipment; embellishment; setting.
- noun (Aëronautics) same as
Carriage .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective that continues to
mount ; steadily accumulating. - verb Present participle of
mount . - noun Something
mounted ; anattachment
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun framework used for support or display
- noun an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
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Examples
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Now the fight appears headed to the courts as residents of Giles County, along Virginia's rugged, pious southwestern spine, fight what they call mounting pressure from Washington and Richmond to secularize their public institutions.
Ten Commandments in school stirs fight in Va. district Kevin Sieff 2011
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Now the fight appears headed to the courts as residents of Giles County, along Virginia's rugged, pious southwestern spine, fight what they call mounting pressure from Washington and Richmond to secularize their public institutions.
Ten Commandments in school stirs fight in Va. district Kevin Sieff 2011
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Now the fight appears headed to the courts as residents of Giles County, along Virginia's rugged, pious southwestern spine, fight what they call mounting pressure from Washington and Richmond to secularize their public institutions.
Ten Commandments in school stirs fight in Va. district Kevin Sieff 2011
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Now the fight appears headed to the courts as residents of Giles County, along Virginia's rugged, pious southwestern spine, fight what they call mounting pressure from Washington and Richmond to secularize their public institutions.
Ten Commandments in school stirs fight in Va. district Kevin Sieff 2011
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Now the fight appears headed to the courts as residents of Giles County, along Virginia's rugged, pious southwestern spine, fight what they call mounting pressure from Washington and Richmond to secularize their public institutions.
Ten Commandments in school stirs fight in Va. district Kevin Sieff 2011
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Now the fight appears headed to the courts as residents of Giles County, along Virginia's rugged, pious southwestern spine, fight what they call mounting pressure from Washington and Richmond to secularize their public institutions.
Ten Commandments in school stirs fight in Va. district Kevin Sieff 2011
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ZAHN: Another concern that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld now has expressed is his concern about what he described as mounting lawlessness in Afghanistan and he said the U.S. military faces a long and difficult fight even in towns and cities already seized by the Northern Alliance.
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The politics of the women went no farther than a few couplets in praise of liberty, and the patriotism of the men was confined to an habit de garde nationale, the device of a button, or a nocturnal revel, which they called mounting guard.
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The politics of the women went no farther than a few couplets in praise of liberty, and the patriotism of the men was confined to an habit de garde nationale, the device of a button, or a nocturnal revel, which they called mounting guard.
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ABCNews. com that his clients 'allegations are just the tip of the iceberg in what he calls a mounting case against Affleck.
GHibbs commented on the word mounting
My two adjectival uses: 'The mounting anger led to fighting.' 'The mounting debt is causing huge problems.'
August 23, 2011