mount

  1. Noun.  A mountain, as in ''Mount Everest''.
  2. Noun.  An animal, usually a horse, used to ride on, unlike a draught horse.
  3. Noun.  The number of riders in a cavalry unit or division.
  4. Noun.  A mounting; an object on which another object is mounted, as ''the post is the mount on which the mailbox is installed''.
  5. Verb.  To go up; climb; ascend: ''to mount stairs''.
  6. Verb.  To attach an object to a support, as ''to mount a mailbox on a post''.
  7. Verb.  (computing) To attach a drive or device to the directory structure in order to make it available to the operating system.
  8. Verb.  To get on top of an animal to mate..
  9. Verb.  (slang) to have sexual intercourse with someone, something.
  10. Verb.  To begin a military assault.
  11. Verb.  (obsolete) To cause (something) to rise or ascend; to drive ''up''; to raise; to elevate; to lift ''up''.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.