mount (mounts plural & 3rd person present) (mounting present participle) (mounted past tense & past participle )
1 verb If you mount a campaign or event, you organize it and make it take place.
(=organize)
...a security operation mounted by the army. V n
2 verb If something mounts, it increases in intensity.
(=rise)
For several hours, tension mounted... V
There was mounting concern in her voice. V-ing
3 verb If something mounts, it increases in quantity.
The uncollected garbage mounts in city streets... V
He ignored his mounting debts. V-ing
To mount up means the same as to mount., phrasal verb
Her medical bills mounted up. V P
4 verb If you mount the stairs or a platform, you go up the stairs or go up onto the platform.
FORMAL Llewelyn was mounting the stairs up into the keep... V n
5 verb If you mount a horse or cycle, you climb on to it so that you can ride it.
(=get on)
A man in a crash helmet was mounting a motorbike... V n
He went to the small stable where his horse was, harnessed it, mounted, and rode out to the beach. V
6 verb If you mount an object on something, you fix it there firmly.
Her husband mounts the work on velour paper and makes the frame... V n on n
...a specially mounted horse shoe. V-ed, Also V n
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-mounted comb in adj
...a wall-mounted electric fan.
7 verb If you mount an exhibition or display, you organize and present it.
(=put on, stage)
The gallery has mounted an exhibition of art by Irish women painters. V n
8 n-in-names Mount is used as part of the name of a mountain.
...Mount Everest.
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