mount
 I. mount1 (mount)v. mount·ed, mount·ing, mountsv. tr.
1. To climb or ascend:
mount stairs.
2. To place oneself upon; get up on:
mount a horse; mount a platform.
3. To climb onto (a female) for copulation. Used of male animals.
4.
a. To furnish with a horse for riding.
b. To set on a horse:
mount the saddle.
5. To set in a raised position:
mount a bed on blocks.
6.
a. To fix securely to a support:
mount an engine in a car.
b. To place or fix on or in the appropriate support or setting for display or study:
mount stamps in an album; mount cells on a slide.
7. To provide with scenery, costumes, and other equipment necessary for production:
mount a play.
8. To organize and equip:
mount an army.
9. To prepare and set in motion:
mount an attack.
10.
a. To set in position for use:
mount guns.
b. To carry as equipment:
The warship mounted ten guns.
11. To post (a guard).v. intr.
1. To go upward; rise.
2. To get up on something, as a horse or bicycle.
3. To increase in amount, extent, or intensity:
Costs are mounting up. Fear quickly mounted.
See Synonyms at rise.n.
1. The act or manner of mounting.
2. A means of conveyance, such as a horse, on which to ride.
3. An opportunity to ride a horse in a race.
4. An object to which another is affixed or on which another is placed for accessibility, display, or use, especially:
a. A glass slide for use with a microscope.
b. A hinge used to fasten stamps in an album.
c. A setting for a jewel.
d. An undercarriage or stand on which a device rests while in service. [Middle English mounten, from Old French monter, from Vulgar Latin *montāre, from Latin mōns, mont-, mountain. See men-2 in Indo-European Roots.] mountʹa·ble adj.mountʹer n. II. mount2 (mount)n.
1. Abbr. Mt. A mountain or hill. Used especially as part of a proper name.
2. Any of the seven fleshy cushions around the edges of the palm of the hand in palmistry. [Middle English mont, from Old English munt, and from Old French mont, munt both from Latin mōns, mont-. See men-2 in Indo-European Roots.]
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