Mountain in English
- mountain⇄adj. 1. of or having something to do with mountains.
Ex. mountain air, mountain scenery.
2. living, growing, or found on mountains.
Ex. mountain plants.
3. resembling or suggesting a mountain. - mountain⇄expr. make a mountain (out) of a molehill, to give great importance to something which is really insignificant.
Ex. She was only five minutes late, but he made a mountain out of a molehill about it. - mountain⇄expr. mountains, a series of very high hills.
Ex. Mountains interposed make enemies of nations (William Cowper). - mountain⇄expr. the Mountain, an extreme revolutionary party, led by Danton and Robespierre, in the Legislative Assembly and the National Convention of the French Revolution.
- mountain⇄mountain, noun, adjective.
- mountain⇄noun 1. a very high hill; a natural elevation of the earth's surface rising high above the surrounding level in a massive and conspicuous way.
Ex. The distant mountains were covered with snow and the tops hidden in the clouds.
(SYN) peak.
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