1. to go up; climb; ascend: to mount stairs.
2. to get up on (a platform, a horse, etc.).
3. to set or place at an elevation: to mount a house on stilts.
4. to furnish with a horse or other animal for riding.
5. to set or place (a person) on horseback.
6. to organize, as an army.
7. to prepare and launch, as an attack or a campaign.
8. to raise or put into position for use, as a gun.
9. (of a fortress or warship) to have or carry (guns) in position for use.
10. to go or put on guard, as a sentry or watch.
11. to attach to or fix on or in a support, backing, setting, etc.: to mount a photograph; to mount a diamond in a ring.
12. to arrange for display: to mount a museum exhibit.
13. to provide (a play, musical comedy, opera, etc.) with scenery, costumes, and other equipment for production.
14. to prepare (an animal body or skeleton) as a specimen.
15. (of a male animal) to climb upon (a female) for copulation.
16. Microscopy.
• to prepare (a slide) for microscopic investigation.
• to prepare (a sample) for examination by a microscope, as by placing it on a slide.

17. to increase in amount or intensity (often followed by up): The cost of all those small purchases mounts up.
18. to get up on the back of a horse or other animal for riding.
19. to rise or go to a higher position, level, degree, etc.; ascend:
20. to get up on something, as a platform.

21. the act or a manner of mounting.
22. a horse, other animal, or sometimes a vehicle, as a bicycle, used, provided, or available for riding.
23. an act or occasion of riding a horse, especially in a race.
24. a support, backing, setting, or the like, on or in which something is, or is to be, mounted or fixed.
25. an ornamental metal piece applied to a piece of wooden furniture.
26. a prepared slide.
27. a distinctive metal feature on a sheath or scabbard, as a locket or chape.
28. hinge (def. 4).
29. a wooden or metal block to which a plate is secured for printing.

1. a mountain: often used as part of a placename.

1. to go up (a hill, stairs, etc); climb
2. to get up on (a horse, a platform, etc)
3. io increase; accumulate
4. to fix onto a backing, setting, or support
5. to provide with a horse for riding, or to place on a horse
6. (of male animals) to climb onto (a female animal) for copulation
7. to prepare (a play, musical comedy, etc) for production
8. to plan and organize (a compaign, an exhibition, etc)
9. to prepare or launch (an operation)
10. to prepare (a skeleton, dead animal, etc) for exhibition as a specimen
11. to place or carry (weapons) in such a position that they can be fired
12. mount guard See guard (def. 26)

13. a backing, setting, or support onto which something is fixed
14. the act or manner of mounting
15. a horse for riding
16. a slide used in microscopy
17. philately
• a small transparent pocket in an album for a postage stamp
• another word for hinge (def. 5)

1. a mountain or hill: used in literature and (when cap.) in proper names
2. (in palmistry) any of the seven cushions of flesh on the palm of the hand

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