(mount) v.t.
1. To ascend by climbing; go up, as stairs.
2. To climb upon; ascend and seat oneself on, as a horse.
3. To put on horseback.
4. To furnish with a horse or horses.
5. To set or place in an elevated position: to mount a plaque on a wall.
6. To place in position for use or operation, as a cannon or engine.
7. To put in or on a support, frame, etc., as for exhibition: to mount a butterfly.
8. To furnish, as a play, with scenery, costumes, etc.
9. To copulate with a female: said of male animals.
10. In microscopy: a To place or fix (a sample) on a slide. b To prepare (a slide) for examination.
11. Mil. & Nav. To carry or be equipped with: a ship mounting thirty–two guns.
12. To put on (clothing), especially for display.
13. Mil. To stand or post (guard).
14. Mil. To prepare for and begin: to mount an offensive.
—v.i.
15. To rise or ascend; go up.
16. To increase in number, amount, or degree: often with up: The bills mounted up.
17. To get on horseback.
18. To get up on or on top of something.
—noun
1. That upon or by which anything is prepared or equipped for use, exhibition, ornament, preservation, or examination.
2. The card, etc., upon which a drawing or photograph is mounted.
3. The parts and appliances by which a gun is attached to its carriage.
4. The glass slide and its adjuncts upon which a microscopic subject is secured for examination.
5. A saddle horse or other animal used for riding: by extension, a bicycle.
6. The act of riding a horse in a race; also, the privilege or opportunity of doing so.
7. A style of mounting. [<OF monter <L mons, montis mountain]
—mount′a·ble adjective
—mount′er noun

(mount) noun
1. An elevation of the earth's surface; a mountain; a hill. When used as part of a proper name it usually precedes the specific application: Mount Washington.
2. Obs. A raised fortification commanding the surrounding country.
3. In palmistry, one of seven fleshy protuberances in the palm of the hand. [OE munt <L mons mountain]