Definition of Mount

Verb: mount mawnt

Attach to a support
"They mounted the aerator on a floating"
Go up or advance
"Sales were mounting after prices were lowered";
- wax, climb, rise
Fix onto a backing, setting, or support
"mount slides for macroscopic analysis"
Put up or launch
"mount a campaign against pornography"
Get up on the back of
"mount a horse";
- hop on, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on, bestride
Go upward with gradual or continuous progress
- climb, climb up, go up
Prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance
"mount an attack"; "mount a play";
- put on
Copulate with
"The bull was mounting the cow";
- ride
(computing) make a drive or device available for access (e.g. as part of the directory structure)

Noun: mount mawnt

A lightweight horse kept for riding only
- saddle horse, riding horse
The act of climbing something
- climb
A land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
- mountain
A mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewellery) that holds a gem in place
"the diamond was in a plain gold mount";
- setting
Something forming a back that is added for strengthening
- backing