1 [+horse] montar; [+bicycle] montar en; [+platform, stage, podium, throne] subir a; [+stairs, hill] subir the vehicle mounted the pavement el vehículo se subió a la acera
he mounted his horse and rode away neither Trent nor I, after mounting our horses, spoke a word a man in a crash helmet was mounting a motor bike wait until the conductor mounts the podium before you stand the athletes mounted the victory rostrum Mishima mounted the balcony and addressed the crowd Rabbi Rappaport mounted the pulpit the winners mount the platform for the ritual champagne spraying /he heard footsteps mounting the stairs/ to the floor above him Lewelyn was mounting the stairs into the keep Eddie mounted the ladder to bring them their breakfast he was a boy of ten when Louis XV mounted the throne
2 [+jewel] engastar; [+stamp, exhibit, specimen, TV, speakers] fijar; [+picture] poner un fondo a; [+gun, engine] montar that's a beautiful sapphire - why don't you have it mounted in a ring? buffalo horns mounted on wooden plaques someone suggested mounting the skull in silver or gold the hand-carved animal is mounted on a black iron pipe with a brass sleeve and welded into place, then mounted on a simple base the few surviving birds would be hunted down, carefully slaughtered, and handsomely mounted a TV set mounted on the wall the engine was mounted in the tailplane one solution was to mount the engine behind the crew and provide a cockpit for the gunner in the nose of the aircraft a six-foot-high statue of the Virgin was mounted on a wagon and drawn through city streets dustbins mounted on rubber wheels a photographer, with his camera mounted on a tripod the two men who manned the machine-gun mounted in the rear of the vehicle loudspeakers mounted on the roof blared the same call her husband mounts the work on velour paper and makes the frame the silhouettes are mounted on medium-weight board
3 [+exhibition, campaign, event] montar; organizar; [+play] montar; poner en escena; [+attack, offensive, defence] preparar they decided to mount a search/rescue operation the company was mounting a nation-wide sales campaign the gallery has mounted an exhibition of art by Irish women painters a security operation mounted by the army the ANC announced it was mounting a major campaign of mass political protests you can mount an expedition with 200 porters and 50 Sherpas how can they mount a rebellion? next season they are planning to mount a play by Lorca to mount an offensive he mounted a series of personal attacks on the minister the logistic difficulties of mounting a full-scale invasion of the English coast they could never mount an effective challenge to his leadership he failed to mount a credible defence of the president Mrs Pitman mounted a vigorous defence of her tactics
4 to mount guard (on or over sth/sb) montar (la) guardia (para vigilar algo/a algn)
armed men bearing carbines and machetes positioned themselves nearby, mounting guard I half expected the American to pick up the spare machine pistol and mount guard over the operation those who had mounted guard over Algie abandoned him
5 (in mating) cubrir; montar see that male kittiwake down there, mounting a female?
6 (provide with horse) proveer de caballo as we were new to riding he had mounted us on fairly docile horses
