Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Something that serves as a support, setting, or backing: a mounting for a gem.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of rising or ascending; especially, the act of getting on horseback; ascent; soaring.
- n. The act or art of setting stuffed skins of animals in a natural attitude; taxidermy.
- n. That which serves to mount anything, as a sword-blade, a print, or a gem: see mount, verb, 7.
- n. That which is or may be mounted for use or ornament: as, the mountings for an angler's rod.
- n. Same as harness, 5.
- 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.
Wiktionary
- adj. that continues to mount; steadily accumulating.
- v. present participle of mount.
- n. Something mounted; an attachment
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of one that mounts.
- n. That by which anything is prepared for use, or set off to advantage; equipment; embellishment; setting.
- n. (Aëronautics) same as Carriage.
WordNet 3.0
- n. framework used for support or display
- n. an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
Examples
“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.”
The Washington Post: Ten Commandments in school stirs fight in Va. district
“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.”
“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.”
“ABCNews. com that his clients 'allegations are just the tip of the iceberg in what he calls a mounting case against Affleck.”
“Several, frustrated at what they called a mounting problem, discussed restricting the hours when residents can put out trash, or making it easier for city inspectors to collect fines from residents and business owners who violate sanitary codes.”
“Fit an egg-shaped knob on the arms into an identically shaped hole in the corner of the lens, twist down, and mounting is complete.”
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“Raina Kumra, 32, sued White Slab Palace, a Scandinavian-inspired hipster hangout on Delancey St., for an unspecified amount, charging the owners were "grossly careless" in mounting the taxidermy wildlife.”
“* A Picatinny rail is standard equipment, giving you huge latitude in mounting a scope.”
“Admiral Walticles stares in mounting concern as the left flank is pounced on by Admiral Deweycles 'fresh Liburnian Squadron.”
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“Dzakovic recently answered THE question: "If WikiLeaks were open for business prior to 9/11, would you have considered asking it to make public your findings regarding the likelihood that terrorists might easily succeed in mounting a major operation involving airplanes?”
The Huffington Post: Coleen Rowley: Could WikiLeaks Have Helped Thwart 9/11?
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘mounting’.
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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List of Heraldry Terms
Words and phrases used in blazoning heraldic devices, along with names and other terms associated with the art and science.
Other similar lists can be found on Wordnik, especially that...seiant, duciper, bourdon, pouch, scrip, staff, ananas, besant d'argent, roundle, roundel, argent, allocamelus and 743 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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A list
clench, shudder, clamp, twisting, sharply, thrusting, crashing, pulsing, curling, thrumming, rippling, wrench and 94 more...
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GHibbs My two adjectival uses: 'The mounting anger led to fighting.' 'The mounting debt is causing huge problems.'
Aug 23, 2011