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mount | hop |

As a proper noun mount

is .

As an adjective hop is

hollow, sunken.

mount

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl), from (etyl) munt, from (etyl) , from a root seen also in (English eminent).

Noun

(en noun)
  • A mountain.
  • (label) A bulwark for offence or defence; a mound.
  • * Bible, Jer. vi. 6
  • Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem.
  • (label) A bank; a fund.
  • Usage notes
    * Used chiefly in poetry, but also in the names of specific mountains, e.g. "Mount Everest".
    Derived terms
    * (abbreviation)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) mounten, from (etyl) mounter, from (etyl) monter, from ; compare French monter.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An animal, usually a horse, used to ride on, unlike a draught horse
  • The rider climbed onto his mount .
  • A mounting; an object on which another object is mounted.
  • The post is the mount on which the mailbox is installed.
  • (label) A rider in a cavalry unit or division.
  • The General said he has 2,000 mounts .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To move upwards.
  • #(lb) To get upon; to ascend; to climb.
  • #:
  • #*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
  • #*:Or shall we mount again the Rural Throne, / And rule the Country Kingdoms, once our own?
  • #(lb) To place oneself on (a horse, a bicycle, etc.); to bestride.
  • #:
  • #(lb) To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding.
  • #*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
  • #*:to mount the Trojan troop
  • # To cause (something) to rise or ascend; to drive up''; to raise; to elevate; to lift ''up .
  • #*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
  • #*:What power is it which mounts my love so high?
  • # To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; often with up .
  • #*Bible, (w) li. 53
  • #*:Though Babylon should mount up to heaven.
  • #* (1743-1809)
  • #*:The fire of trees and houses mounts on high.
  • (lb) To attach (an object) to a support.
  • :
  • *
  • *:But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶.
  • *
  • *:“My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”
  • # To attach (a drive or device) to the file system in order to make it available to the operating system.
  • #:
  • To increase in quantity or intensity.
  • :
  • (lb) To attain in value; to amount (to).
  • *(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
  • *:Bring then these blessings to a strict account, / Make fair deductions, see to what they mount .
  • (lb) To get on top of (an animal) to mate.
  • # To have sexual intercourse with someone.
  • (lb) To begin (a military assault, etc.); to launch.
  • :
  • *{{quote-news, year=2012, date=May 5, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport
  • , title= Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool , passage=For Liverpool, their season will now be regarded as a relative disappointment after failure to add the FA Cup to the Carling Cup and not mounting a challenge to reach the Champions League places.}}
  • To deploy (cannon) for use in or around it.
  • :
  • (lb) To prepare and arrange the scenery, furniture, etc. for use in (a play or production).
  • Synonyms
    * See also
    Antonyms
    * dismount * demount * unmount

    hop

    English

    (wikipedia hop)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) hoppen, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A short jump
  • A jump on one leg.
  • A short journey, especially in the case of air travel, one that take place on private plane.
  • (sports, US) A bounce, especially from the ground, of a thrown or batted ball.
  • (US, dated) A dance.
  • (computing, telecommunications) The sending of a data packet from one host to another as part of its overall journey.
  • Derived terms
    * bunny hop * car hop * on the hop * sock hop

    Verb

    (hopp)
  • To jump a short distance.
  • * 1918 , Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter V
  • When it had advanced from the wood, it hopped much after the fashion of a kangaroo, using its hind feet and tail to propel it, and when it stood erect, it sat upon its tail.
  • To jump on one foot.
  • To be in state of energetic activity.
  • Sorry, can't chat. Got to hop .
    The sudden rush of customers had everyone in the shop hopping .
  • To suddenly take a mode of transportation that one does not drive oneself, often surreptitiously.
  • I hopped a plane over here as soon as I heard the news.
    He was trying to hop a ride in an empty trailer headed north.
    He hopped a train to California.
  • (usually in combination) To move frequently from one place or situation to another similar one.
  • We were party-hopping all weekend.
    We had to island hop on the weekly seaplane to get to his hideaway.
  • (obsolete) To walk lame; to limp.
  • (Dryden)
  • To dance.
  • (Smollett)
    Synonyms
    (jump a short distance) jump, leap

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the plant ( ) from whose flowers, beer or ale is brewed
  • (usually plural) the , dried and used to brew beer etc.
  • (US, slang) Opium, or some other narcotic drug.
  • * 1940 , (Raymond Chandler), Farewell, My Lovely , Penguin 2010, p. 177:
  • ‘You've been shot full of hop and kept under it until you're as crazy as two waltzing mice.’
  • The fruit of the dog rose; a hip.
  • Derived terms
    * hopback * hoppy

    Verb

    (hopp)
  • To impregnate with hops, especially to add hops as a flavouring agent during the production of beer
  • (Mortimer)

    Etymology 3

    (en)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a narcotic drug, usually opium
  • Derived terms
    * hop joint

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