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mount | mold |

As a proper noun mount

is .

As a noun mold is

a hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance or mold can be (senseid)a natural substance in the form of a woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air or mold can be loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting.

As a verb mold is

to shape in or on a mold or mold can be to cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon or mold can be to cover with mold or soil.

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

    mold

    English

    (wikipedia mold)

    Alternative forms

    * mould (Commonwealth spelling)

    Etymology 1

    Via (etyl) and (etyl), from (etyl) modulus

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.
  • A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.
  • Something that is made in or shaped on a mold.
  • The shape or pattern of a mold.
  • General shape or form.
  • :
  • *(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
  • *:Crowned with an architrave of antique mould .
  • *
  • *:This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.Indeed, all his features were in large mold , like the man himself, as though he had come from a day when skin garments made the proper garb of men.
  • Distinctive character or type.
  • :
  • A fixed or restrictive pattern or form.
  • :
  • (lb) A group of moldings.
  • :
  • (lb) A fontanelle.
  • Derived terms
    * break the mold * (archaeology) post mold * (paleontology) fossil mold

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To shape in or on a mold.
  • To form into a particular shape; to give shape to.
  • * Job 10:8-9, Old Testament , New International Version:
  • Your hands shaped me and made me....Remember that you molded me like clay.
  • To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence; as, a teacher who helps to mold the minds of his students
  • To fit closely by following the contours of.
  • To make a mold of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting.
  • To ornament with moldings.
  • To be shaped in or as if in a mold.
  • These shoes gradually molded to my feet.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) mowlde, noun use and alteration of mowled, past participle of moulen, 'slick, soft'. More at muck and meek.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (senseid)A natural substance in the form of a woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air.
  • Derived terms
    * moldy, mouldy
    See also
    * mildew

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.
  • To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.
  • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) ‘flour’), from *mel''- (compare English ''meal ). More at meal.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting.
  • Derived terms
    * leaf mold

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover with mold or soil.
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