mount
verb (GUARD) /maʊnt/Definition
› [T] to place someone on guard: Sentries are mounted outside the palace at all times.Defending and protectingBacking, supporting and defendingPreserving and saving mount guard (on/over sb) › to guard someone: Armed security officers are employed to mount guard over the president.Defending and protectingBacking, supporting and defendingPreserving and saving
(Definition of mount verb (GUARD) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
© Cambridge University Press)
Browse the Dictionary
Browse the Thesaurus
More Results for “mount”
SMART Thesaurus
Synonyms and related words:
- -proof suffix
- baby verb
- bastion noun
- cherish verb
- coddle verb (PROTECT)
- cosset verb
- featherbed verb
- guard noun (PERSON WHO PROTECTS)
- guard verb (WATCH)
- mother verb
- out of harm's way idiom
- overprotective adjective
- patrol verb
- proof adjective (PROTECTED)
- protect verb
- protective adjective
- secure verb (PROTECT)
- watch your back idiom
- wet-nurse verb
- wrap sb (up) in cotton wool idiom
Topic:
Defending and protecting
Word of the Day
Blog
Read our blog about how the English language behaves.
New Words
Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.
