- a get up on (a horse etc.) To ride it. B set on horseback. C (as mounted adj.) Serving on horseback (mounted police).
- a (often foll. By up) accumulate. B (of a feeling) increase.
- (often foll. By on, in) set (an object) on a support or in a backing, frame, etc., esp. For viewing.
- organize, arrange, set in motion (a play, exhibition, attack, guard, etc.).
- (of a male animal) get on to (a female) to copulate. —n. - backing, etc. On which a picture etc. Is set for display.
- horse for riding.
- setting for a gem etc. [latin: related to *mount2]
- n. Archaic (except before a name): mountain, hill (mount everest). [latin mons mont-]
- n. Archaic (except before a name): mountain, hill (mount everest). [latin mons mont-]
MOURN
v. (often foll. By for, over) feel or show deep sorrow or regret for (a dead person, a lost thing, a past event, etc.). [old english]
MOUSE
—n. (pl. Mice) 1 small rodent, esp. Of a kind infesting houses.
- timid or feeble person.
- (pl. -s) computing small hand-held device controlling the cursor on a vdu screen. —v. (-sing) (of a cat, owl, etc.) Hunt mice. mouser n. [old english]
MOUSY
adj. (-ier, -iest) 1 of or like a mouse.
- (of a person) timid, feeble.
- nondescript light brown.
MOUTH
—n. (pl. Mouths) 1 a external opening in the head, through which most animals take in food and emit communicative sounds. B (in humans and some animals) cavity behind it containing the means of biting and chewing and the vocal organs.
- opening of a container, cave, trumpet, etc.
- place where a river enters the sea.
- an individual as needing sustenance (an extra mouth to feed).
- colloq. A meaningless or ineffectual talk. B impudent talk; cheek. —v. (-thing) 1 say or speak by moving the lips but with no sound.
- utter or speak insincerely or without understanding (mouthing platitudes). put words into a person's mouth represent a person as having said something. Take the words out of a person's mouth say what another was about to say. [old english]
MOVER
n. - person, animal, or thing that moves or dances, esp. In a specified way.
- person who moves a proposition.
- (also prime mover) originator.
MOVIE
n. Esp. Us colloq. Cinema film.
MPHIL
Abbr. Master of philosophy.
MSDOS
abbr. Propr. Computing microsoft disk operating system.
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