mount

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mount1

▶verb

• 1 climb up or on to; ascend.

  ■ (of a male animal) get on (a female) for the purpose of copulation.

• 2 get up on (an animal or bicycle) in order to ride it.

  ■ set on horseback; provide with a horse.

• 3 grow larger, more numerous, or more intense: the costs mount up when you buy a home.

• 4 organize and initiate (a course of action, public event, etc.).

• 5 set up (a barrier, stall, etc.).

• 6 fix in position or on a support.

  ■ (with reference to a photograph or picture) set in or attach to a backing.

  ■ fix (a specimen) on a microscopic slide.

▶noun

• 1 a backing on which a picture or photograph is set for display.

  ■ a stamp hinge.

• 2 a support for a piece of equipment.

• 3 a horse used for riding.

• 4 a microscope slide.

– phrases
mount guard keep watch.

– derivatives
mountable adjective,
mounted adjective,
mounter noun,
mounting noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. munter, based on L. mons, mont- ‘mountain’.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mount2

▶noun archaic (except in place names) a mountain or hill: Mount Everest.

– origin OE munt, from L. mons, mont- ‘mountain’.