break ground vs mount

break ground

verb
  • To initiate a new venture, or to advance beyond previous achievements. 

  • To begin digging in the earth at the start of a new construction, or, originally, for cultivation. 

  • To separate from the ground on takeoff; to become airborne. 

  • To lift off the sea bottom when being weighed. 

mount

verb
  • To begin (a campaign, military assault, etc.); to launch. 

  • To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding. 

  • To attach (a drive or device) to the file system in order to make it available to the operating system. 

  • To get on top of (another) for the purpose of copulation. 

  • To attach (an object) to a support, backing, framework etc. 

  • To sit on a combatants torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head; to assume the mount position in ground grappling. 

  • To increase in quantity or intensity. 

  • To get upon; to ascend; to climb. 

  • To have sexual intercourse with someone. 

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

  • To prepare and arrange the scenery, furniture, etc. for use in (a play or production). 

  • To incorporate fat, especially butter, into (a dish, especially a sauce to finish it). 

noun
  • A mounting; an object on which another object is mounted. 

  • An animal, usually a horse, used to ride on (unlike a draught horse). 

  • A hill or mountain. 

  • A car, bicycle, or motorcycle used for racing. 

  • A step or block to assist in mounting a horse. 

  • A signal for mounting a horse. 

  • A dominant ground grappling position, where one combatant sits on the other combatants torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head. 

  • A green hillock in the base of a shield. 

  • Any of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand, taken to represent the influences of various heavenly bodies. 

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