different between cradle vs mount

English

Etymology

From Middle English cradel, credel, from Old English cradol, from Proto-Germanic *kradulaz, from Proto-Germanic *kradô (“(wicker) basket”). Cognates with cart.

Pronunciation

• enPR: kr??d?l, IPA^(key): /?k?e?d?l/
• Rhymes: -e?d?l

Noun

cradle (plural cradles)

1. A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots.
   • 1782, William Cowper, Expostulation

     the cradle that received thee at thy birth
2. (figuratively) The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence.

   a cradle of crime

   the cradle of liberty

3. (figuratively) Infancy, or very early life.

   from the cradle to the grave
4. An implement consisting of a broad scythe for cutting grain, with a set of long fingers parallel to the scythe, designed to receive the grain, and to lay it evenly in a swath.
5. A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground.
6. A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship.
7. A case for a broken or dislocated limb.
8. A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the sensitive parts of an injured person.
9. (mining) A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth.
10. (mining) A suspended scaffold used in shafts.
11. (carpentry) A ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.

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12. (nautical) A basket or apparatus in which, when a line has been made fast to a wrecked ship from the shore, the people are brought off from the wreck.

    The cradle was ill-made. One victim fell into the sea and was lost and the ensuing delay cost three more lives.

13. A rest for the receiver of a telephone, or for certain computer hardware.

    He slammed the handset into the cradle.

14. (contact juggling) A hand position allowing a contact ball to be held steadily on the back of the hand.
15. A mechanical device for tilting and decanting a bottle of wine.

Synonyms

• (machine on rockers used in washing out auriferous earth): rocker
• (rest for receiver of a telephone): rest

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• crib

Verb

cradle (third-person singular simple present cradles, present participle cradling, simple past and past participle cradled)

1. (transitive) To contain in or as if in a cradle.
2. (transitive) To rock (a baby to sleep).
3. (transitive) To wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively.

4. To lull or quieten, as if by rocking.
5. To nurse or train in infancy.
   • 1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica

     He that hath been cradled in majesty will not leave the throne to play with beggars.

6. (lacrosse) To rock the lacrosse stick back and forth in order to keep the ball in the head by means of centrifugal force.
7. To cut and lay (grain) with a cradle.
8. To transport a vessel by means of a cradle.
   • {1847, {w|Edward Henry Knight}}, American Mechanical Dictionary

     In Lombardy […] boats are cradled and transported over the grade.

9. To put ribs across the back of (a picture), to prevent the panels from warping.

Translations

Anagrams

• Calder, cardel, carled, clear'd, credal, reclad

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?nt/
• Rhymes: -a?nt

Etymology 1

From Middle English mount, munt, from Old English munt, from Latin mons (“a hill, mountain”), from a root seen also in ?mine? (“I project, I protrude”) (English eminent). Doublet of mons.

Noun

mount (plural mounts)

1. A hill or mountain.
2. (palmistry) Any of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand, taken to represent the influences of various heavenly bodies.

   the mount of Jupiter

3. (obsolete) A bulwark for offence or defence; a mound.
4. (obsolete) A bank; a fund.
5. (heraldry) A green hillock in the base of a shield.

Usage notes

As with the names of rivers and lakes, the names of mountains are typically formed by adding the word before or after the unique term. Mount is used in situations where the word precedes the unique term: Mount Everest, Mount Rushmore, Mount Tai. Except in the misunderstood translation of foreign names (as with China's Mount Hua), the terms used with mount will therefore usually be nouns: Mount Olympus but Rugged Mountain and Crowfoot Mountain. It thus corresponds to the earlier the mount or mountain of ~.

Mount is no longer used as a generic synonym for mountain except in poetry and other literary contexts. An example is the fossilized form within the phrase Sermon on the Mount.

Synonyms

• (palmistry): mons (obsolete)

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English mounten, from Anglo-Norman mounter, from Old French monter, from Medieval Latin montare (“to mount; literally, go up hill”), from Latin mons (“a hill, mountain”); compare French monter.

Noun

mount (plural mounts)

1. An animal, usually a horse, used to ride on, unlike a draught horse

   The rider climbed onto his mount.

2. A mounting; an object on which another object is mounted.

   The post is the mount on which the mailbox is installed.

3. (obsolete) A rider in a cavalry unit or division.

   The General said he has 2,000 mounts.

4. A step or block to assist in mounting a horse.
5. A signal for mounting a horse.

Translations

Verb

mount (third-person singular simple present mounts, present participle mounting, simple past and past participle mounted)

1. (transitive) To get upon; to ascend; to climb.

   • Or shall we mount again the Rural Throne, / And rule the Country Kingdoms, once our own?

2. (transitive) To place oneself on (a horse, a bicycle, etc.); to bestride.

3. (transitive) To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding.

   • to mount the Trojan troop

4. (obsolete, transitive) To cause (something) to rise or ascend; to drive up; to raise; to elevate; to lift up.
5. (obsolete, intransitive) To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; often with up.
   • 1656, Abraham Cowley, Davideis

     The fire of trees and houses mounts on high.

6. (transitive) To attach (an object) to a support, backing, framework etc.
   • “My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”
7. (transitive, computing) To attach (a drive or device) to the file system in order to make it available to the operating system.
   • 1998, Lincoln D. Stein, Web Security: A Step-by-step Reference Guide (page 377)

     Burn the contents of the staging area onto a writable CD-ROM, carry it over to the Web server, and mount it.

8. (intransitive, sometimes with up) To increase in quantity or intensity.

9. (obsolete) To attain in value; to amount (to).
10. (transitive) To get on top of (an animal) to mate.
11. (transitive) To have sexual intercourse with someone.
12. (transitive) To begin (a campaign, military assault, etc.); to launch.
13. (transitive, archaic) To deploy (cannon) for use.

14. (transitive) To prepare and arrange the scenery, furniture, etc. for use in (a play or production).
15. (cooking) To incorporate fat, especially butter, into (a dish, especially a sauce to finish it).

    Mount the sauce with one tablespoon of butter.

Synonyms

• (to have sexual intercourse with someone): coitize, go to bed with, sleep with; see also Thesaurus:copulate with

Antonyms

• dismount
• demount
• unmount

Translations

Related terms

• amount
• mountain
• paramount
• surmount

Further reading

• mount in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• mount in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• mount at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• muton, notum

Middle English

Alternative forms

• munt, mont, mounte, mownt

Etymology

From Old English munt and Anglo-Norman mount, both from Latin m?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu?nt/, /munt/

Noun

mount (plural mountes or mouns)

1. A mountain; a mount or peak, especially the Alps.

Related terms

• mountant
• mounten
• mountayne
• mountuous
• mounture

Descendants

• English: mount
• Scots: munt

References

• “m?unt, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-08.