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What does mount mean?

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Noun
  1. A mountain.
  2. (palmistry) Any of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand, taken to represent the influences of various heavenly bodies.
  3. (obsolete) A bulwark for offence or defence; a mound.
  4. (obsolete) A bank; a fund.
Noun
  1. An animal, usually a horse, used to ride on, unlike a draught horse
  2. A mounting; an object on which another object is mounted.
  3. (obsolete) A rider in a cavalry unit or division.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To get upon; to ascend; to climb.
  2. (transitive) To place oneself on (a horse, a bicycle, etc.); to bestride.
  3. (transitive) To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding.
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To cause (something) to rise or ascend; to drive up; to raise; to elevate; to lift up.
  5. (obsolete, intransitive) To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; often with up.
  6. (transitive) To attach (an object) to a support, backing, framework etc.
  7. (computing) To attach (a drive or device) to the file system in order to make it available to the operating system.
  8. (intransitive, sometimes with up) To increase in quantity or intensity.
  9. (obsolete) To attain in value; to amount (to).
  10. (transitive) To get on top of (an animal) to mate.
  11. (transitive) To begin (a campaign, military assault, etc.); to launch.
  12. (transitive, archaic) To deploy (cannon) for use.
  13. (transitive) To prepare and arrange the scenery, furniture, etc. for use in (a play or production).
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