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Definitions for Mounting

[1] the act of a person or thing that mounts.
[2] something that serves as a mount, support, setting, or the like: a new mounting for an heirloom jewel.
[3] to go up; climb; ascend: to mount stairs.
[4] to get up on (a platform, a horse, etc.).
[5] to set or place at an elevation: to mount a house on stilts.
[6] to furnish with a horse or other animal for riding.
[7] to set or place (a person) on horseback.
[8] to organize, as an army.
[9] to prepare and launch, as an attack or a campaign.
[10] to raise or put into position for use, as a gun.
[11] (of a fortress or warship) to have or carry (guns) in position for use.
[12] to go or put on guard, as a sentry or watch.
[13] to attach to or fix on or in a support, backing, setting, etc.: to mount a photograph; to mount a diamond in a ring.
[14] to arrange for display: to mount a museum exhibit.
[15] to provide (a play, musical comedy, opera, etc.) with scenery, costumes, and other equipment for production.
[16] to prepare (an animal body or skeleton) as a specimen.
[17] (of a male animal) to climb upon (a female) for copulation.
[18] Microscopy . to prepare (a slide) for microscopic investigation. to prepare (a sample) for examination by a microscope, as by placing it on a slide.
[19] to increase in amount or intensity (often followed by up ): The cost of all those small purchases mounts up.
[20] to get up on the back of a horse or other animal for riding.
[21] to rise or go to a higher position, level, degree, etc.; ascend.
[22] to get up on something, as a platform.
[23] the act or a manner of mounting.
[24] a horse, other animal, or sometimes a vehicle, as a bicycle, used, provided, or available for riding.
[25] an act or occasion of riding a horse, especially in a race.
[26] a support, backing, setting, or the like, on or in which something is, or is to be, mounted or fixed.
[27] an ornamental metal piece applied to a piece of wooden furniture.
[28] Microscopy . a prepared slide.
[29] a distinctive metal feature on a sheath or scabbard, as a locket or chape.
[30] Philately . hinge(def 4) .
[31] Printing . a wooden or metal block to which a plate is secured for printing.
[32] another word for mount 1 (def. 13)
[33] to go up (a hill, stairs, etc); climb
[34] to get up on (a horse, a platform, etc)
[35] (intr often foll by up ) io increase; accumulate excitement mounted
[36] (tr) to fix onto a backing, setting, or support to mount a photograph ; to mount a slide
[37] (tr) to provide with a horse for riding, or to place on a horse
[38] (of male animals) to climb onto (a female animal) for copulation
[39] (tr) to prepare (a play, musical comedy, etc) for production
[40] (tr) to plan and organize (a compaign, an exhibition, etc)
[41] (tr) military to prepare or launch (an operation) the Allies mounted an offensive
[42] (tr) to prepare (a skeleton, dead animal, etc) for exhibition as a specimen
[43] (tr) to place or carry (weapons) in such a position that they can be fired
[44] mount guard See guard (def. 26)
[45] a backing, setting, or support onto which something is fixed
[46] the act or manner of mounting
[47] a horse for riding
[48] a slide used in microscopy
[49] philately a small transparent pocket in an album for a postage stamp another word for hinge (def. 5)
[50] a mountain or hill: used in literature and (when cap.) in proper names Mount Everest
[51] (in palmistry) any of the seven cushions of flesh on the palm of the hand

Words related to Mounting

escalate, rise, soar, arise, intensify, build, heighten, expand, prepare, fit, produce, install, stage, scale, ascend, back, up, lift, vault, tower

Words nearby Mounting

mountbatten, mountebank, mounted, mounter, mountie, mounting, mounting-block, mountlake terrace, mounty, mourn, mourne mountains

Origin of Mounting

11300–50; Middle English mounten < Old French munter, monter < Vulgar Latin *montāre, derivative of Latin mont- (stem of mōns ) mount2

Other words from Mounting

un·mount·ing , adjective
mount·a·ble , adjective
mount·less , adjective
un·mount·a·ble , adjective

Word origin for Mounting

Old English munt, from Latin mons mountain, but influenced in Middle English by Old French mont

Synonyms for Mounting

arise, escalate, go up, rise, soar, ascend, back, bestride, escalade, lift, scale, tower, up, vault, clamber up, climb onto, climb up on, get astride, get up on, jump on