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MOUNTED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Decorated with applied ornamentation; often used in combination
Example:
the trim brass-mounted carbine of the ranger
Classified under:
Similar:
adorned; decorated (provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Assembled for use; especially by being attached to a support
Classified under:
Similar:
affixed (firmly attached)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb mount
Context examples:
Usually this occurred at night, so as to avoid interference from the mounted police of the Territory.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
(The servant had just mounted the carriage and was driving off.) Such true blood!
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
It was he: here he was, mounted on Mesrour, followed by Pilot.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Soon after the second breakfast, Edmund bade them good-bye for a week, and mounted his horse for Peterborough, and then all were gone.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Emma's spirits were mounted quite up to happiness; every thing wore a different air; James and his horses seemed not half so sluggish as before.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Most other wearable electronics rely on rigid electronic components mounted on plastic or textiles.
(Washable, wearable battery-like devices could be woven directly into clothes, University of Cambridge)
Researchers affiliated with the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) mounted the expedition to explore Zealandia.
(Scientists return from expedition to lost continent of Zealandia, National Science Foundation)
The tip is mounted on a flexible cantilever, allowing the tip to follow the surface profile.
(Atomic Resolution Microscopy, NCI Thesaurus)
I do not know how long I remained in this situation, but when I awoke I found that the sun had already mounted considerably.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
The use of a spinning filter mounted in a drum periphery to purify a slurry.
(Centrifugal Filtration, NCI Thesaurus)
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