Mount Definition–verb (used with object) | 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
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tr> | 9. | (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. | to provide (a play, musical comedy, opera, etc.) with scenery, costumes, and other equipment for production. | | 14. | to prepare (an animal body or skeleton) as a specimen. | | 15. | (of a male animal) to climb upon (a female) for copulation. | | 16. | Microscopy. | a. | to prepare (a slide) for microscopic investigation. | | b. | to prepare (a sample) for examination by a microscope, as by placing it on a slide. | | –verb (used without object) | 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. | –noun | 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. | an ornamental metal piece applied to a piece of wooden furniture. | | 26. | Microscopy. a prepared slide. | | 27. | a distinctive metal feature on a sheath or scabbard, as a locket or chape. | | 28. | Philately. hinge (def. 4). | | 29. | Printing. a wooden or metal block to which a plate is secured for printing. | |
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Berry Definition–noun | 1. | any small, usually stoneless, juicy fruit, irrespective of botanical structure, as the huckleberry, strawberry, or hackberry. | | 2. | Botany. a simple fruit having a pulpy pericarp in which the seeds are embedded, as the grape, gooseberry, currant, or tomato. | | 3. | a dry seed or kernel, as of wheat. | | 5. | one of the eggs of a lobster, crayfish, etc. | | 6. | the berries, Older Slang. someone or something very attractive or unusual. | –verb (used without object) | 7. | to gather or pick berries: We went berrying this morning. | | 8. | to bear or produce berries. | |
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stuff.co.nz - Found 14 hours ago
Class 1100 Best Mount: Tiffany Ottey-Three Kings 1, Marie Clarke-Salsa Rumba 2, Rachael Elliot-Monty Python 3;
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Obituaries for November 7, 2008
YMCA hires new director
Mount Desert Islander - Found Nov. 6, 2008
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Williams Cos. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
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College Basketball Preview - Northeast Conference
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CHAMPION: Mount St. Mary's PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH: 1. Mount St. Mary ... top two scorers and rebounders from last year, Chris Berry and Bassirou
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College Basketball Preview - Northeast Conference
NewsChannel 9 WSYR - Found Nov. 5, 2008
CHAMPION: Mount St. Mary's PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH: 1. Mount St. Mary ... top two scorers and rebounders from last year, Chris Berry and Bassirou
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