1. Framework used for support or display
   "The artist carefully attached her painting to the mounting before hanging it in the gallery"
    
2. An event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude, temperature or intensity etc.)
   "The mounting tension in the room was palpable";
   - climb, climbing

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"

Derived forms: mountings

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

Encyclopedia: Mounting