Mount vs. Straddle

Mountnoun

A hill or mountain.

Straddleverb

To sit or stand with a leg on each side of something; to sit astride.

Mountnoun

(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’;

Straddleverb

To be on both sides of something; to have parts that are in different places, regions, etc.

‘Putin seems to be everywhere at once, straddling the ocean, filling the sky, just like Stalin.’;

Mountnoun

(obsolete) A bulwark for offence or defence; a mound.

Straddleverb

To consider or favor two apparently opposite sides; to be noncommittal.

‘Wanting to please both sides, he straddled the issue.’;

Mountnoun

(obsolete) A bank; a fund.

Straddleverb

To form a disorderly sprawl; to spread out irregularly.

‘This weed straddles the entire garden.’; ‘Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks’;

Mountnoun

(heraldry) A green hillock in the base of a shield.

Straddleverb

(military) To fire successive artillery shots in front of and behind of a target, especially in order to determine its range (the term "bracket" is often used instead).

Mountnoun

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

‘The rider climbed onto his mount.’;

Straddleverb

(poker) To place a voluntary raise prior to receiving cards (only by the first player after the blinds).

Mountnoun

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

‘The post is the mount on which the mailbox is installed.’;

Straddleverb

(intransitive) To stand with the ends staggered; said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub.

Mountnoun

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

‘The General said he has 2,000 mounts.’;

Straddleverb

(economy) To execute a commodities market spread.

Mountnoun

A step or block to assist in mounting a horse.

Straddlenoun

A posture in which one straddles something.

Mountnoun

A signal for mounting a horse.

Straddlenoun

(finance) An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with put and call options on same security with positions that offset one another.

Mountverb

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

‘to mount stairs’;

Straddlenoun

(poker) A voluntary raise made prior to receiving cards by the first player after the blinds.

Mountverb

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

‘The rider mounted his horse.’;

Straddlenoun

(mining) A vertical mine-timber supporting a set.

Mountverb

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

Straddleadverb

Astride.

Mountverb

To cause (something) to rise or ascend; to drive up; to raise; to elevate; to lift up.

Straddleverb

To part the legs wide; to stand or to walk with the legs far apart.

Mountverb

To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; often with up.

Straddleverb

To stand with the ends staggered; - said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub.

Mountverb

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

‘to mount a mailbox on a post’; ‘to mount a specimen on a small plate of glass for viewing by a microscope’; ‘to mount a photograph on cardboard’; ‘to mount an engine in a car’;

Straddleverb

To place one leg on one side and the other on the other side of; to stand or sit astride of; as, to straddle a fence or a horse.

Mountverb

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

Straddlenoun

The act of standing, sitting, or walking, with the feet far apart.

Mountverb

To increase in quantity or intensity.

‘The bills mounted up and the business failed.’; ‘There is mounting tension in Crimea.’;

Straddlenoun

The position, or the distance between the feet, of one who straddles; as, a wide straddle.

Mountverb

(obsolete) To attain in value; to amount (to).

Straddlenoun

A stock option giving the holder the double privilege of a "put" and a "call," i. e., securing to the buyer of the option the right either to demand of the seller at a certain price, within a certain time, certain securities, or to require him to take at the same price, and within the same time, the same securities.

Mountverb

(transitive) To get on top of (an animal) to mate.

Straddlenoun

a noncommittal or equivocal position

Mountverb

To have sexual intercourse with someone.

Straddlenoun

a gymnastic exercise performed with the legs straddling the parallel bars

Mountverb

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

‘The General gave the order to mount the attack.’;

Straddlenoun

the act of sitting or standing astride

Mountverb

To deploy (cannon) for use.

‘to mount a cannon’;

Straddlenoun

the option to buy or sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date; consists of an equal number of put and call options

Mountverb

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

Straddleverb

sit or stand astride of

Mountverb

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

‘Mount the sauce with one tablespoon of butter.’;

Straddleverb

range or extend over; occupy a certain area;

‘The plants straddle the entire state’;

Mountnoun

A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably above the common surface of the surrounding land; a mountain; a high hill; - used always instead of mountain, when put before a proper name; as, Mount Washington; otherwise, chiefly in poetry.

Straddleverb

be noncommittal

Mountnoun

A bulwark for offense or defense; a mound.

‘Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem.’;

Straddle

In finance, a straddle strategy refers to two transactions that share the same security, with positions that offset one another. One holds long risk, the other short.

Mountnoun

A bank; a fund.

Mountnoun

Any one of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand which are taken as significant of the influence of "planets," and called the mounts of Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, the Moon, Saturn, the Sun or Apollo, and Venus.

Mountnoun

That upon which a person or thing is mounted

‘She had so good a seat and hand, she might be trusted with any mount.’;

Mountnoun

The cardboard or cloth on which a drawing, photograph, or the like is mounted; a mounting.

Mountverb

To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; - often with up.

‘Though Babylon should mount up to heaven.’; ‘The fire of trees and houses mounts on high.’;

Mountverb

To get up on anything, as a platform or scaffold; especially, to seat one's self on a horse for riding.

Mountverb

To attain in value; to amount.

‘Bring then these blessings to a strict account,Make fair deductions, see to what they mount.’;

Mountverb

To get upon; to ascend; to climb; as, to mount the pulpit and deliver a sermon.

‘Shall we mount again the rural throne?’;

Mountverb

To place one's self on, as a horse or other animal, or anything that one sits upon; to bestride.

Mountverb

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

Mountverb

Hence: To put upon anything that sustains and fits for use, as a gun on a carriage, a map or picture on cloth or paper; to prepare for being worn or otherwise used, as a diamond by setting, or a sword blade by adding the hilt, scabbard, etc.; as, to mount a picture or diploma in a frame

Mountverb

To raise aloft; to lift on high.

‘What power is it which mounts my love so high?’;

Mountnoun

a lightweight horse kept for riding only

Mountnoun

the act of climbing something;

‘it was a difficult climb to the top’;

Mountnoun

a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

Mountnoun

mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place;

‘the diamond was in a plain gold mount’;

Mountnoun

something forming a back that is added for strengthening

Mountverb

attach to a support;

‘They mounted the aerator on a floating’;

Mountverb

go up or advance;

‘Sales were climbing after prices were lowered’;

Mountverb

fix onto a backing, setting, or support;

‘mount slides for macroscopic analysis’;

Mountverb

put up or launch;

‘mount a campaign against pronography’;

Mountverb

get on the back of;

‘mount a horse’;

Mountverb

go upward with gradual or continuous progress;

‘Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?’;

Mountverb

prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance;

‘mount a theater production’; ‘mount an attack’; ‘mount a play’;

Mountverb

copulate with;

‘The bull was riding the cow’;