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Dismount

//dɪsˈmaʊnt// noun, verb

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

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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