Dismount

//dɪsˈmaʊnt// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of stepping down from something being ridden, such as a skateboard.

    "Nice dismount!"

  2. 2
    the act of dismounting (a horse or bike etc.) wordnet
  3. 3
    The part of a routine in which the gymnast detaches from an apparatus.

    "It was a stylish routine, let down by a sloppy dismount."

Verb
  1. 1
    To (cause to) get off (something). ambitransitive

    "She carefully dismounted from the horse."

  2. 2
    alight from (a horse) wordnet
  3. 3
    To make (a mounted drive) unavailable for use. ambitransitive

    "The VMS operator tried to dismount the Unix hard drive with the DISMOUNT DISK$NFSMOUNT command, instead of umount /mnt/nfshome."

  4. 4
    To come down; to descend. intransitive

    "But now the bright sun ginneth to dismount."

  5. 5
    To throw (cannon) off their carriages. transitive

Synonyms

All synonyms
unhorsealightbuckbuck offclimb downdemolish

Example

More examples

""If you're thirsty," said the maid, "dismount yourself, and lie down by the water and drink; I don't mean to be your servant any longer.""

Etymology

From dis- + mount, probably a calque of Old French desmonter.

Related phrases

get off

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