mount

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• intransitive verb To climb or ascend.
• intransitive verb To place oneself upon; get up on.
• intransitive verb To climb onto (a female) for copulation. Used of male animals.
• intransitive verb To furnish with a horse for riding.
• intransitive verb To set on a horse.
• intransitive verb To set in a raised position.
• intransitive verb To fix securely to a support.
• intransitive verb To place or fix on or in the appropriate support or setting for display or study.
• intransitive verb To provide with scenery, costumes, and other equipment necessary for production.
• intransitive verb To organize and equip.
• intransitive verb To prepare and set in motion.
• intransitive verb To set in position for use.
• intransitive verb To carry as equipment.
• intransitive verb To post (a guard).
• intransitive verb To go upward; rise.
• intransitive verb To get up on something, as a horse or bicycle.
• intransitive verb To increase in amount, extent, or intensity: synonym: rise.
• noun The act or manner of mounting.
• noun A means of conveyance, such as a horse, on which to ride.
• noun An opportunity to ride a horse in a race.
• noun An object to which another is affixed or on which another is placed for accessibility, display, or use, especially.
• noun A glass slide for use with a microscope.
• noun A hinge used to fasten stamps in an album.
• noun A setting for a jewel.
• noun An undercarriage or stand on which a device rests while in service.
• noun A mountain or hill. Used especially as part of a proper name.
• noun Any of the seven fleshy cushions around the edges of the palm of the hand in palmistry.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun An elevation of land, more or less isolated; a hill; a mountain: in this sense chiefly archaic or poetical, except before a proper name as the particular designation of some mountain or hill: as, Mount Etna; Mount Calvary.
• noun A mound; a bulwark or breastwork for attack or defense.
• noun In fortification, a cavalier. See cavalier, 5.
• noun In heraldry, a bearing which occupies the base of the shield in the form of a green field curved convexly upward, except when the summit of the escutcheon is occupied by a tree or tower, in which case the mount merely slopes toward this. It is not necessary to mention its color, which is always vert.
• noun In palmistry, a prominence or fleshy cushion in the palm of the hand.
• noun A trumpet signal for mounting.
• To rise from, or as from, a lower to a higher position; ascend; soar: with or without up.
• Specifically, to get on horseback: as, to mount and ride away.
• To amount; aggregate: often with up: as, the expenses mount up.
• To raise from, or as if from, a lower to a higher place; exalt; lift on high.
• To get upon; place or seat one's self upon, as that which is higher; ascend; reach; climb: as, to mount a horse; to mount a throne.
• To set on horseback; furnish with a horse or horses for riding: as, the groom mounted the lad on a pony; also, to seat in a coach or the like conveyance.
• To place in suitable position with adjustment of parts, so as to render available for use: as, to mount a cannon; to mount a loom.
• Specifically
• To prepare for representation or exhibition by furnishing and accompanying with appropriate appurtenances and accessories, as a stage-play or other spectacle.
• To be equipped or furnished with; carry as equipment or armament: used specifically of anything that carries war material: as, the fort mounts fifty guns.
• To put in shape for examination or exhibition by means of necessary or ornamental supports or accessories; furnish, fit up, or set with necessary or appropriate appurtenances: as, to mount a picture or a map; to mount objects for microscopic observation; to mount a sword-blade; to mount a jewel.
• noun That upon which anything is mounted or fixed for use, and by which it is supported and held in place.
• noun The necessary frame, handle, or the like for any delicate object, as a fan.
• noun The paper, silk, or other material forming the surface of a fan.