The word (from the Latin ''mons'', 'mountain' or hill) has many meanings:
- A mount is a Riding Animal , i.e. a (usually domesticated) animal intending for riding—an equine such as Horse , Camel , Elephant or Garuda . ''To mount'' means to sit astride such an animal.
- To mount is to climb or to stand atop something. In this sense, it can also refer Euphemistically to Copulation , especially between animals.
- Mounting, in Taxidermy , is the preparation of dead animals for display.
- A mount is a point where additional equipment, such as a Weapon , Camera , Winch and Telescope can be attached to a Vehicle so that the vehicle itself, rather than the operator, supports the weight of the equipment. (See also Turret , Hard Point and Pintel .)
- A Mount in Grappling , is a favourable position where one sits on the adversary's chest.
- A mount in Gymnastics is the maneuver of going from the ground onto a gymnastic apparatus, such as the balance beam or parallel bars.
- "Mount" may be short for '' Mountain '', especially in names such as Mount Ararat . (For a list of such mountains, see List Of Mountains .)
- Mounting, in Computer Science , is the process of making a File System ready for use by the Operating System , typically by reading certain index data structures from storage into memory ahead of time.
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