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  • 51mount up — verb get up on the back of (Freq. 2) mount a horse • Syn: ↑hop on, ↑mount, ↑get on, ↑jump on, ↑climb on, ↑bestride • Ant: ↑ …

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  • 52mount — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English munt & Anglo French munt, mont, both from Latin mont , mons; akin to Welsh mynydd mountain, Latin minari to project, threaten Date: before 12th century 1. a high hill ; mountain used especially… …

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  • 53mount — 1. To prepare for microscopic examination. 2. To climb on for purposes of copulation. 3. To organize and present, as a fever, an immunologic response, etc. * * * mount mau̇nt vt to prepare for examination or display specif to place (an obje …

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  • 54mount — 01. There is a strike by garbage collection workers here in Jacksonville, so the garbage is really starting to [mount] up. 02. They shot a large moose while out hunting, and [mounted] its head on the wall. 03. Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to …

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  • 55mount up — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms mount up : present tense I/you/we/they mount up he/she/it mounts up present participle mounting up past tense mounted up past participle mounted up 1) to get much larger The costs are beginning to mount up.… …

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  • 56mount up — UK US mount up Phrasal Verb with mount({{}}/maʊnt/ verb [I] ► to gradually become larger in amount: »The debt gets bigger as interest charges continue to mount up …

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  • 57mount — verb 1 organize sth ADVERB ▪ successfully ▪ The company successfully mounted a takeover bid in 1996. 2 increase ADVERB ▪ quickly, rapidly ▪ …

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  • 58mount — mount1 verb 1》 climb up or on to; ascend.     ↘(of a male animal) get on (a female) for the purpose of copulation. 2》 get up on (an animal or bicycle) in order to ride it.     ↘set on horseback; provide with a horse. 3》 grow larger, more numerous …

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  • 59mount*/ — [maʊnt] verb I 1) [I] if a particular feeling mounts, it gets stronger Tension continues to mount between the two parties.[/ex] 2) [T] to prepare and begin an activity We are mounting a campaign to recruit more volunteers.[/ex] Government forces… …

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  • 60Mount — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Mount est un mot anglais signifiant mont ou montage. Il peut faire référence à : Point de montage, sur un système d exploitation, et aussi :… …

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