mount vs pike

mount

noun
  • A hill or mountain. 

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

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

  • 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. 

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

  • 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). 

pike

noun
  • Especially in place names: a hill or mountain, particularly one with a sharp peak or summit. 

  • A large haycock (“conical stack of hay left in a field to dry before adding to a haystack”). 

  • Any carnivorous freshwater fish of the genus Esox, especially the northern pike, Esox lucius. 

  • A very long spear used two-handed by infantry soldiers for thrusting (not throwing), both for attacks on enemy foot soldiers and as a countermeasure against cavalry assaults. 

  • A sharp, pointed staff or implement. 

  • A position with the knees straight and a tight bend at the hips with the torso folded over the legs, usually part of a jack-knife. 

  • A gypsy, itinerant tramp, or traveller from any ethnic background; a pikey. 

verb
  • To equip with a turnpike. 

  • To assume a pike position. 

  • Often followed by on or out: to quit or back out of a promise. 

  • To prod, attack, or injure someone with a pike. 

  • To bet or gamble with only small amounts of money. 

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