1. Assembled for use; especially by being attached to a support
   "The mounted telescope was ready for stargazing"
    
2. Decorated with applied ornamentation; often used in combination
   "the trim brass-mounted carbine of the ranger"

1. Attach to a support
   "They mounted the aerator on a floating"
    
2. Fix onto a backing, setting, or support
   "mount slides for macroscopic analysis"
    
3. Go up or advance
   "Sales were mounting after prices were lowered";
   - wax, climb, rise
    
4. Get up on the back of, especially a horse
   "mount a horse"; "The cavalry mounted up and prepared to charge";
   - hop on, mount up, get on, jump on
    
5. Put up or launch
   "mount a campaign against pornography"
    
6. Prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance
   "mount an attack"; "mount a play";
   - put on
    
7. Go upward with gradual or continuous progress
   "They mounted the steep stairs";
   - climb, climb up, go up, ascend
    
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)
   "You need to mount the external hard drive before you can access its files"

See also: adorned, affixed, decorated

Type of: arise, attach, come up, copulate, couple, devise, fix, gear up, get up, go up, increase, initiate, lift, machinate, mate, move, move up, organise [Brit], organize, pair, pioneer, prepare, ready, rise, set, set up, uprise [archaic, literary]

Encyclopedia: Mounted