ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Dismount

/dɪsˈmaʊnt/ · verb

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

(ambitransitive) To (cause to) get off (something).
(computing, ambitransitive) To make (a mounted drive) unavailable for use.
(intransitive) To come down; to descend.
(military, transitive) To throw (cannon) off their carriages.
The act of stepping down from something being ridden, such as a skateboard.
(gymnastics) The part of a routine in which the gymnast detaches from an apparatus.

Example Sentences

She carefully dismounted from the horse.

She carefully dismounted the horse.

Cadel Evans was the first to suffer, quickly dismounting and waiting to take a bike from one of his BMC Racing team-mates, only to discover that the first of them had also punctured.

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

PROBLEM: A volume periodically dismounts. There are two drives with one volume on each. From time to time, the second volume dismounts and the drive shuts down.

But now the bright sun ginneth to dismount.

Nice dismount!

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

Word Forms

dismounts
dismounting
dismounted

Synonyms for dismount

Antonyms for dismount

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When Should You Use Dismount?

Use dismount when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does dismount mean?

Dismount means (ambitransitive) To (cause to) get off (something)..

What is a synonym for dismount?

Common synonyms include umount, unmount, light, get off.

What is the opposite of dismount?

Possible antonyms include get on, mount.

How do you use dismount in a sentence?

She carefully dismounted from the horse.

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Definitions by Sense

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

(computing, ambitransitive) To make (a mounted drive) unavailable for use.

(intransitive) To come down; to descend.

(military, transitive) To throw (cannon) off their carriages.

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

(gymnastics) The part of a routine in which the gymnast detaches from an apparatus.

Example Sentences

She carefully dismounted from the horse.

She carefully dismounted the horse.

Cadel Evans was the first to suffer, quickly dismounting and waiting to take a bike from one of his BMC Racing team-mates, only to discover that the first of them had also punctured.

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

PROBLEM: A volume periodically dismounts. There are two drives with one volume on each. From time to time, the second volume dismounts and the drive shuts down.

But now the bright sun ginneth to dismount.

Nice dismount!

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What does dismount mean?

Dismount means (ambitransitive) To (cause to) get off (something)..

What is a synonym for dismount?

Common synonyms include umount, unmount, light, get off.

What is the opposite of dismount?

Possible antonyms include get on, mount.

How do you use dismount in a sentence?

She carefully dismounted from the horse.

Sources & Attribution

FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0

Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.