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Mount Mounting Mounted Increases Intensity Stairs Horse Hours

query
If something m_____, it increases in intensity .If something mounts, it increases in intensity .
For several hours, tension mounted.
The decibel level was mounting.
There was mounting concern in her voice.
...the mounting heat of the stadium.
word mount
full-definition
verb
If you mount a campaign or event, you organize it and make it take place.
...a security operation mounted by the army.
If something mounts, it increases in intensity .
For several hours, tension mounted.
The decibel level was mounting.
There was mounting concern in her voice.
...the mounting heat of the stadium.
If something mounts, it increases in quantity.
The uncollected garbage mounts in city streets.
He ignored his mounting debts.
If you pretend your problems don't exist they will just continue to mount up.
Her medical bills mounted up.
If you mount the stairs or a platform, you go up the stairs or go up onto the platform.
Llewelyn was mounting the stairs up into the keep.
The vehicle mounted the pavement.
If you mount a horse or cycle, you climb on to it so that you can ride it.
He mounted his horse and rode away.
A man in a crash helmet was mounting a motorbike.
He harnessed his horse, mounted, and rode out to the beach.
combining form
If you mount an object on something, you fix it there firmly.
Ella mounts the work on velour paper and makes the frame.
The support for the fence is mounted on an extension to the table.
...a specially mounted horse shoe.
...a wall-mounted electric fan.
...pickup trucks with side-mounted fuel tanks.
If you mount an exhibition or display, you organize and present it.
The gallery has mounted an exhibition of art by Irish women painters.
noun
A mount is a horse.
...the number of owners who care for older mounts.
Mount is used as part of the name of a mountain.
...Mount Everest.
inflections mountsmountingmountedsteed-mounted
cefr-level B2

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2

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