"mounting" in the noun sense

1. climb, climbing, mounting

an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)

2. mounting

framework used for support or display

"mounting" in the verb sense

1. mount

attach to a support

"They mounted the aerator on a floating"

2. wax, mount, climb, rise

go up or advance

"Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"

3. mount

fix onto a backing, setting, or support

"mount slides for macroscopic analysis"

4. mount

put up or launch

"mount a campaign against pornography"

5. hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on, bestride

get up on the back of

"mount a horse"

6. climb, climb up, mount, go up

go upward with gradual or continuous progress

"Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?"

7. mount, put on

prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance

"mount a theater production"

"mount an attack"

"mount a play"

8. ride, mount

copulate with

"The bull was riding the cow"

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