<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to go up; climb; ascend: to mount stairs.</li><li>to get up on (a platform, a horse, etc.).</li><li>to set or place at an elevation: to mount a house on stilts.</li><li>to furnish with a horse or other animal for riding.</li><li>to set or place (a person) on horseback.</li><li>to organize, as an army.</li><li>to prepare and launch, as an attack or a campaign.</li><li>to raise or put into position for use, as a gun.</li><li>(of a fortress or warship) to have or carry (guns) in position for use.</li><li>to go or put on guard, as a sentry or watch.</li><li>to attach to or fix on or in a support, backing, setting, etc.: to mount a photograph; to mount a diamond in a ring.</li><li>to arrange for display: to mount a museum exhibit.</li><li>to provide (a play, musical comedy, opera, etc.) with scenery, costumes, and other equipment for production.</li><li>to prepare (an animal body or skeleton) as a specimen.</li><li>(of a male animal) to climb upon (a female) for copulation.</li><li>Microscopy: to prepare (a slide) for microscopic investigation.</li><li>to prepare (a sample) for examination by a microscope, as by placing it on a slide.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act or a manner of mounting.</li><li>a horse, other animal, or sometimes a vehicle, as a bicycle, used, provided, or available for riding.</li><li>an act or occasion of riding a horse, especially in a race.</li><li>a support, backing, setting, or the like, on or in which something is, or is to be, mounted or fixed.</li><li>an ornamental metal piece applied to a piece of wooden furniture.</li><li>Microscopy: a prepared slide.</li><li>a distinctive metal feature on a sheath or scabbard, as a locket or chape.</li><li>Philately: hinge (def 4).</li><li>Printing: a wooden or metal block to which a plate is secured for printing.</li></ul>