The meaning of MOUNT is a high hill : mountain —used especially before an identifying name. How to use mount in a sentence.

mounted adjective [before noun] (ATTACHED) Something that is mounted is attached to a wall, in a frame, etc., so that it can be looked at or used:

MOUNTED definition: seated or riding on a horse or other animal. See examples of mounted used in a sentence.

Definition of mount verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Mounted police or soldiers ride horses when they are on duty. A dozen mounted police rode into the square.

To increase in amount, extent, or intensity: Costs are mounting up. Fear quickly mounted.

Darian mounted his horse. He mounted and rode toward Semenovsk. When they got to Ed, he mounted and helped her up behind him. A mounted general separated himself from the infantry and …

Jan 20, 2026 · On horseback. The mounted cavalry rode into town. Furnished; supplied.

Mounted refers to being fixed securely on a support, set up and ready for display or use, or used in reference to riding or being placed on top of something such as a horse, vehicle, or platform.

It was three o’clock in the morning when he dropped the letters in the post office at King City and mounted and turned his horse south toward the unproductive hills of the old Hamilton place.