Mount

English Meaning

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.

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. To furnish with a horse for riding.
5. To set on a horse: mount the saddle.
6. To set in a raised position: mount a bed on blocks.
7. To fix securely to a support: mount an engine in a car.
8. 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.
9. To provide with scenery, costumes, and other equipment necessary for production: mount a play.
10. To organize and equip: mount an army.
11. To prepare and set in motion: mount an attack.
12. To set in position for use: mount guns.
13. To carry as equipment: The warship mounted ten guns.
14. To post (a guard).
15. To go upward; rise.
16. To get up on something, as a horse or bicycle.
17. To increase in amount, extent, or intensity: Costs are mounting up. Fear quickly mounted. See Synonyms at rise.
18. The act or manner of mounting.
19. A means of conveyance, such as a horse, on which to ride.
20. An opportunity to ride a horse in a race.
21. An object to which another is affixed or on which another is placed for accessibility, display, or use, especially:
22. A glass slide for use with a microscope.
23. A hinge used to fasten stamps in an album.
24. A setting for a jewel.
25. An undercarriage or stand on which a device rests while in service.
26. A mountain or hill. Used especially as part of a proper name.
27. Any of the seven fleshy cushions around the edges of the palm of the hand in palmistry.