mound | (noun) the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit | Synonyms: pitcher |
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(noun) structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones | Synonyms: hill |
(noun) (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands | Synonyms: hill, pitcher's mound |
(noun) a collection of objects laid on top of each other | Synonyms: agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus, heap, pile |
(noun) a small natural hill | Synonyms: hammock, hillock, hummock, knoll |
(verb) form into a rounded elevation | - |
mount | (noun) the act of climbing something | Synonyms: climb |
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(noun) a lightweight horse kept for riding only | Synonyms: riding horse, saddle horse |
(noun) something forming a back that is added for strengthening | Synonyms: backing |
(noun) a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place | Synonyms: setting |
(noun) a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill | Synonyms: mountain |
(verb) go up or advance | Synonyms: climb, rise, wax |
(verb) fix onto a backing, setting, or support | - |
(verb) attach to a support | - |
(verb) copulate with | Synonyms: ride |
(verb) put up or launch | - |
(verb) prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance | Synonyms: put on |
(verb) go upward with gradual or continuous progress | Synonyms: climb, climb up, go up |
(verb) get up on the back of | Synonyms: bestride, climb on, get on, hop on, jump on, mount up |
mountain | (noun) a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill | Synonyms: mount |
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(noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad |
mountaineer | (noun) someone who climbs mountains | Synonyms: mountain climber |
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(verb) climb mountains for pleasure as a sport | - |
mountaineering | (noun) the activity of climbing a mountain | Synonyms: mountain climbing |
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mountainous | (adjective) like a mountain in size and impressiveness | - |
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(adjective) having hills and crags | Synonyms: cragged, craggy, hilly |
(adjective) containing many mountains | - |
mountainside | (noun) the side or slope of a mountain | Synonyms: versant |
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mountebank | (noun) a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes | Synonyms: charlatan |
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mounted | (adjective) decorated with applied ornamentation; often used in combination | - |
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(adjective) assembled for use; especially by being attached to a support | - |
mounter | (noun) someone who ascends on foot | Synonyms: climber |
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(noun) a skilled worker who mounts pictures or jewels etc. | - |
mounting | (noun) framework used for support or display | - |
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(noun) an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.) | Synonyms: climb, climbing |