mount
♦ mount /m'aʊnt/ (mounts mounting mounted)
1 [VERB] V n
If you mount a campaign or event, you organize it and make it take place.
...a security operation mounted by the army.
= organize
2 [VERB] V, V-ing
If something mounts, it increases in intensity.
For several hours, tension mounted...
There was mounting concern in her voice.
= rise
3 [VERB] V, V-ing
If something mounts, it increases in quantity.
The uncollected garbage mounts in city streets...
He ignored his mounting debts.
[PHRASAL VERB] V P
To mount up means the same as to mount.
Her medical bills mounted up.
4 [VERB] V n
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...
5 [VERB] V n, V
If you mount a horse or cycle, you climb on to it so that you can ride it.
A man in a crash helmet was mounting a motorbike...
He went to the small stable where his horse was, harnessed it, mounted, and rode out to the beach.
= get on
6 [VERB] V n on n, V-ed, also V n
If you mount an object on something, you fix it there firmly.
Her husband mounts the work on velour paper and makes the frame...
...a specially mounted horse shoe.
● -mounted [COMB in ADJ]
...a wall-mounted electric fan.
7 [VERB] V n
If you mount an exhibition or display, you organize and present it.
The gallery has mounted an exhibition of art by Irish women painters.
= put on, stage
8 [N-IN-NAMES]
Mount is used as part of the name of a mountain.
...Mount Everest.
9
see also mountedmount up
see mount 3
1 [VERB] V n
If you mount a campaign or event, you organize it and make it take place.
...a security operation mounted by the army.
= organize
2 [VERB] V, V-ing
If something mounts, it increases in intensity.
For several hours, tension mounted...
There was mounting concern in her voice.
= rise
3 [VERB] V, V-ing
If something mounts, it increases in quantity.
The uncollected garbage mounts in city streets...
He ignored his mounting debts.
[PHRASAL VERB] V P
To mount up means the same as to mount.
Her medical bills mounted up.
4 [VERB] V n
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...
5 [VERB] V n, V
If you mount a horse or cycle, you climb on to it so that you can ride it.
A man in a crash helmet was mounting a motorbike...
He went to the small stable where his horse was, harnessed it, mounted, and rode out to the beach.
= get on
6 [VERB] V n on n, V-ed, also V n
If you mount an object on something, you fix it there firmly.
Her husband mounts the work on velour paper and makes the frame...
...a specially mounted horse shoe.
● -mounted [COMB in ADJ]
...a wall-mounted electric fan.
7 [VERB] V n
If you mount an exhibition or display, you organize and present it.
The gallery has mounted an exhibition of art by Irish women painters.
= put on, stage
8 [N-IN-NAMES]
Mount is used as part of the name of a mountain.
...Mount Everest.
9
see also mountedmount up
see mount 3