| Pronunciation: | | 'mawnting
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| Matching Terms: | | mountingly
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- [n] framework used for support or display
- [n] an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
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| | Synonyms: | | climb, climbing |
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| | See Also: | | ascension, ascent, chassis, collet, frame, framework, framing, mat, matting, mount, passe-partout, rise, rising, setting |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Mount"ing\, n.
1. The act of one that mounts.
2. That by which anything is prepared for use, or set off to
advantage; equipment; embellishment; setting; as, the
mounting of a sword or diamond.
\Mount"ing\, n. (A["e]ronautics)
= {Carriage}.
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| | Definition: | | a behavioral pattern whereby one animal jumps on the posterior area of a second animal as a part of the act of copulation or as a dominance display. |
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