[mount] 
| 1. | to go up; climb; ascend: to mount stairs. |
| 2. | to get up on (a platform, a horse, etc.). |
| 3. | to set or place at an elevation: to mount a house on stilts. |
| 4. | to furnish with a horse or other animal for riding. |
| 5. | to set or place (a person) on horseback. |
| 6. | to organize, as an army. |
| 7. | to prepare and launch, as an attack or a campaign. |
| 8. | to raise or put into position for use, as a gun. |
| 9. | (of a fortress or warship) to have or carry (guns) in position for use. |
| 10. | to go or put on guard, as a sentry or watch. |
| 11. | to attach to or fix on or in a support, backing, setting, etc.: to mount a photograph; to mount a diamond in a ring. |
| 12. | to arrange for display: to mount a museum exhibit. |
| 13. | to provide (a play, musical comedy, opera, etc.) with scenery, costumes, and other equipment for production. |
| 14. | to prepare (an animal body or skeleton) as a specimen. |
| 15. | (of a male animal) to climb upon (a female) for copulation. |
| 16. | Microscopy.
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| 17. | to increase in amount or intensity (often fol. by up): The cost of all those small purchases mounts up. |
| 18. | to get up on the back of a horse or other animal for riding. |
| 19. | to rise or go to a higher position, level, degree, etc.; ascend. |
| 20. | to get up on something, as a platform. |
| 21. | the act or a manner of mounting. |
| 22. | a horse, other animal, or sometimes a vehicle, as a bicycle, used, provided, or available for riding. |
| 23. | an act or occasion of riding a horse, esp. in a race. |
| 24. | a support, backing, setting, or the like, on or in which something is, or is to be, mounted or fixed. |
| 25. | an ornamental metal piece applied to a piece of wooden furniture. |
| 26. | Microscopy. a prepared slide. |
| 27. | a distinctive metal feature on a sheath or scabbard, as a locket or chape. |
| 28. | Philately. hinge (def. 4). |
| 29. | Printing. a wooden or metal block to which a plate is secured for printing. |
mount (mount)
v. mount·ed, mount·ing, mounts
To prepare a specimen for microscopic examination, especially by positioning on a slide.
