mounted
Americanadjective
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seated or riding on a horse or other animal.
- Antonyms:
- afoot
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serving on horseback or on some special mount, as soldiers or police.
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Military. (formerly) permanently equipped with horses or vehicles for transport.
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having or set in a mounting: mount: mounting.
mounted gems.
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put into position for use, as guns.
adjective
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equipped with or riding horses
mounted police
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provided with a support, backing, etc
Other Word Forms
- unmounted adjective
- well-mounted adjective
Etymology
Origin of mounted
Example Sentences
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Speculation had mounted that he might use the first State of the Union speech of his second term, before Congress on Tuesday, to announce an attack.
From Barron's
The results are Romantic landscapes in miniature, with the variegation of the stone transforming into fields, skies and mountains whose beauty is further enhanced by the delicate metalwork in which they’re mounted.
South Korea has mounted a concerted push to build bridges with Pyongyang under President Lee Jae Myung, who has sought the "peaceful coexistence" of two nations still technically at war.
From Barron's
The U.S. military made strenuous efforts to distance itself from Israel when it mounted its Desert Storm campaign in 1991 to evict Iraqi forces from Kuwait.
The rest of that room’s offerings include about 10 standard-size Polaroids mounted in a single horizontal row.
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