dismount
Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
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to bring or throw down, as from a horse; unhorse; throw.
The horse twisted and bucked and finally dismounted its rider.
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to remove (a thing) from its mounting, support, setting, etc..
to dismount a picture.
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to take (a mechanism) to pieces.
noun
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an act or process of dismounting.
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Gymnastics. a move by which a gymnast gets off an apparatus or finishes a floor exercise, usually landing upright on the feet.
verb
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to get off a horse, bicycle, etc
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(tr) to disassemble or remove from a mounting
noun
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Conjugated Forms
Present
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dismountsimple
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dismountssimple
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have dismountedperfect
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has dismountedperfect
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am dismountingprogressive
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are dismountingprogressive
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is dismountingprogressive
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have been dismountingperfect progressive
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has been dismountingperfect progressive
Past
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dismountedsimple
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had dismountedperfect
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was dismountingprogressive
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were dismountingprogressive
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had been dismountingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of dismount
1525–35; probably modeled on Medieval Latin dismontāre or Middle French desmonter. See dis- 1, mount 1
Explanation
To dismount is to get or climb off of something. An important part of learning to ride a horse is learning how to dismount. When you ride your bike to work, you'll have to dismount and lock it up before you go inside, and when a gymnast dismounts from the balance beam, she does it with a flourish, sometimes cartwheeling off the end — this move itself is called a dismount. Dismount combines the "opposite of" prefix dis- with the verb mount, or "get up on," from its Latin root mons, "mountain."
Example Sentences
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When Nemour stuck her double layout dismount, Lee’s jaw dropped and she clapped up a cloud of chalk.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2024
After a flawless run, McClenaghan's coach Luke Carson had his head on his hands just before the dismount.
From BBC • Aug. 3, 2024
Applied to TV, sticking the landing suggests that a finale is the equivalent of a vaulter’s dismount.
From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2024
I laughed out loud at the reader who recalled repeatedly dashing over the walkway on a bike, ignoring the lockmaster’s shouted orders to dismount.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 19, 2023
The ride stopped and the little girl swung her leg over the pony to dismount.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
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