mount

mount1 [ maunt ] verb **

▸ 1 increase

▸ 2 prepare for and begin

▸ 3 get on horse

▸ 4 climb up

▸ 5 attach in position

▸ 6 have sex

▸ + PHRASES

1. ) intransitive if a particular feeling mounts, it gets stronger over a period of time:

Tension continues to mount between the two parties.

2. ) transitive to prepare for and begin an activity or event:

We are mounting a campaign to recruit more volunteers.

Government forces have mounted an attack on a rebel base.

mount an exhibition: The gallery has just mounted an exhibition of her work.

3. ) intransitive or transitive to get on a horse

4. ) transitive FORMAL to go up stairs or to climb up somewhere:

He mounted the steps to receive his award.

5. ) transitive often passive to attach something firmly in a particular place or position:

mount in: The diamonds are mounted in a gold setting.

I spotted a machine gun mounted on the roof.

There was a display cabinet mounted on the wall.

a ) to attach a picture, photograph, etc. onto a piece of stiff paper:

Each photograph is mounted on a cardboard backing.

6. ) if a male animal mounts a female animal, he climbs on her back in order to have sex

,mount `up phrasal verb intransitive

1. ) to get much larger:

The costs are beginning to mount up.

2. ) same as MOUNT1 3:

The soldiers mounted up and rode off.

mount

mount 2 [ maunt ] noun count

1. ) a piece of stiff paper or card on which you attach a picture, photograph, etc.

2. ) a base on which something such as a large heavy gun is fixed

3. ) a mountain: used in names:

Mount Kenya

4. ) FORMAL a horse that people ride