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

1. A lightweight horse kept for riding only
   - saddle horse, riding horse
    
2. The act of climbing something
   - climb
    
3. A land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
   - mountain
    
4. 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
    
5. Something forming a back that is added for strengthening
   - backing

Derived forms: mounted, mounting, mounts

See also: alight

Type of: arise, ascending, ascension, ascent, attach, bed, come up, copulate, couple, devise, elevation, Equus caballus, fix, gear up, get up, go up, horse, increase, initiate, layer, lift, machinate, mate, mounting, move, move up, natural elevation, organise [Brit], organize, pair, pioneer, prepare, ready, reinforcement, rise, set, set up, strengthener, uprise

Part of: frame, framework

Encyclopedia: Mount, James