to go up; climb; ascend

to mount stairs.

to get up on (a platform, a horse, etc.).

to set or place at an elevation

to mount a house on stilts.

to furnish with a horse or other animal for riding.

to set or place (a person) on horseback.

to organize, as an army.

to prepare and launch, as an attack or a campaign.

to raise or put into position for use, as a gun.

(of a fortress or warship) to have or carry (guns) in position for use.

to go or put on guard, as a sentry or watch.

to attach to or fix on or in a support, backing, setting, etc.

to mount a photograph; to mount a diamond in a ring.

to arrange for display

to mount a museum exhibit.

to provide (a play, musical comedy, opera, etc.) with scenery, costumes, and other equipment for production.

to prepare (an animal body or skeleton) as a specimen.

(of a male animal) to climb upon (a female) for copulation.

Microscopy .

to prepare (a slide) for microscopic investigation.

to prepare (a sample) for examination by a microscope, as by placing it on a slide.

to increase in amount or intensity (often fol. by up )

The cost of all those small purchases mounts up.

to get up on the back of a horse or other animal for riding.

to rise or go to a higher position, level, degree, etc.; ascend.

to get up on something, as a platform.

the act or a manner of mounting.

a horse, other animal, or sometimes a vehicle, as a bicycle, used, provided, or available for riding.

an act or occasion of riding a horse, esp. in a race.

a support, backing, setting, or the like, on or in which something is, or is to be, mounted or fixed.

an ornamental metal piece applied to a piece of wooden furniture.

Microscopy . a prepared slide.

a distinctive metal feature on a sheath or scabbard, as a locket or chape.

Philately . hinge ( def. 4 ) .

Printing . a wooden or metal block to which a plate is secured for printing.

verb

alight , dismount , fall , decline , decrease , drop , slump , subside , unfix

verb

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