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to mount

to mount

20 8.8
To climb onto another animal to mate with it
  • verb
  • /maʊnt/
  • NSFW
translation icon : montar
  • During mating season, the stallion will mount the mare to breed.
  • males mount

After all, she said, even a male dog has enough sense not to mount another male dog.

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Examples

  • Pay close attention when the male mounts the female's back.

  • In his slow, no-thinking way, Mr. Burns tried to mount her from behind.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • After all, she said, even a male dog has enough sense not to mount another male dog.

  • It's you he wants to mount.

  • The rhinoceros makes love by mounting the female.

  • I can't believe I ran away from a show just to find you mounting another dog.

  • The male lion mounted the female after a long courtship.

  • The male gorilla is often seen mounting the female to assert dominance.

Synonyms

to ride
vsto mount
  • Offensive
48 9.8

To have sex with an animal, or used as a rude word for people

is the animal action of climbing onto a female to copulate not the vulgar sense
to serve
vsto mount
  • Specialized
14 8.6

To mate with a female animal to produce young

is the physical climbing onto a female for copulation rather than breeding intent
to copulate
vsto mount
  • NSFW
10 7.9

To have sex, usually used for animals or in biology

is the specific action of climbing onto a female for intercourse
to cover
vsto mount
  • NSFW
5 9.9

To mate with a female animal

is specifically the act of climbing onto a female to mate
to tread
vsto mount
  • Specialized
1 9.9

To climb onto a female bird to mate

is the general climbing action for copulation across animals
to sodomize
vsto mount
  • Offensive
1 9.9

To have sex with an animal

is the male climbing onto a female to copulate rather than anal intercourse

Phrasal Verbs

7 4.0

To get onto the back of an animal like a horse to ride it

To start a planned set of actions to achieve a goal

Attach a camera firmly to a stand or other support

Compounds

10 2.3

The highest mountain in the world on the border between Nepal and China, rising about 8,848 meters

A mountain in South Dakota with the carved faces of four US presidents

Sermon on the Mount
  • Literature
5 6.2

A long talk by Jesus that gives key moral teachings in the Bible books Matthew and Luke

4 4.1

A mountain in southern Sinai that people believe is where Moses received the Ten Commandments

Mount Olympus
  • Literature
1 4.6

The highest mountain in Greece that ancient Greeks thought was the home of the Greek gods

The highest mountain in Africa, in northeastern Tanzania, that rises to 5,895 meters

A tall mountain in south-central Alaska that is the highest peak in North America

A volcano near Naples in southern Italy famous for its AD 79 eruption that buried Pompeii and Herculaneum

1 7.3

A hill in Jerusalem with ancient sacred sites often used to mean the city

A mountain ridge by the Mediterranean Sea in northern Israel with important biblical history

Former official name of Tajikistan's highest peak, now called Ismoil Somoni Peak

Mount Cook lily
  • New Zealand
8.6

A New Zealand plant with large white flowers that comes back each year in mountains

A high mountain in southwest Washington in the Cascade Range

A piece of land in the northeast of Greece with many Greek Orthodox monasteries

A sleeping volcano in central Honshu, Japan, that is the country's highest peak

The second highest mountain in the world on the border of Pakistan and China, called K2

Mount Parnassus
  • Literature
8.2

A mountain in central Greece linked with poetry, music and artistic inspiration

Mount Pisgah
  • Literature
8.5

A mountain in Jordan where Moses saw the Promised Land, also used as the name for hills and parks

A national park in Washington state with a high volcano, glaciers, and mountain lakes

Mount Rainier
  • Specialized
7.2

A system that lets computers write files to writable CDs in the background and fix bad parts on the disc

A nickname for the United States state South Dakota

The highest mountain in Mexico, an inactive volcano between Mexico City and Veracruz

A group of four people seen as the most important in a field

An active volcano in western Washington known for its 1980 eruption

Mount Tacoma
  • Archaic
7.9

An old name for Mount Rainier, a high mountain in Washington State

A Roman Catholic religious group that dates from the 1100s and is devoted to the Virgin Mary and prayer

A modern speech or document treated as a complete moral guide

Surface Forms

mount infinitive
mounted past
mounted past participle
mounting present participle
mounts third person singular

Etymology

Mount meaning one animal climbs onto another for mating is the same basic idea 'to get on', from Old French monter. In this sense it is the literal act of one animal 'getting on top' of another.