Dismount

Quick meaning: Dismount is a verb meaning (ambitransitive) To (cause to) get off (something).

Meaning

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

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

Nice dismount!

She carefully dismounted the horse.

She carefully dismounted from the horse.

But now the bright sun ginneth to dismount.

Word Forms

• dismounts
• dismounting
• dismounted

Synonyms for dismount

Depending on context, synonyms include umount, unmount, light, unhorse.

Antonyms for dismount

Common opposites include mount.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include unhorse, light, unseat, detach, remove, removal.

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