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dismount

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dis⋅mount

  [v. dis-mount; n. dis-mount, dis-mount]
Use dismount in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to get off or alight from a horse, bicycle, etc.
–verb (used with object)
2. to bring or throw down, as from a horse; unhorse; throw: The horse twisted and bucked and finally dismounted its rider.
3. to remove (a thing) from its mounting, support, setting, etc.: to dismount a picture.
4. to take (a mechanism) to pieces.
–noun
5. an act or process of dismounting.
6. Gymnastics. a move by which a gymnast gets off an apparatus or finishes a floor exercise, usually landing upright on the feet.
Origin:
1525–35; prob. modeled on ML dismontāre or MF desmonter. See dis- 1 , mount 1

Related forms:
dis⋅mount⋅a⋅ble, adjective
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dis·mount   (dĭs-mount')   
v.   dis·mount·ed, dis·mount·ing, dis·mounts

v.   intr.

  1. To get off or down, as from a horse.

  2. To get out of a vehicle.

v.   tr.

  1. To remove from a support, setting, or mounting.

  2. To unseat or throw off, as from a horse.

  3. To disassemble (a mechanism, for example).

n.   (dĭs'mount')

  1. The act or manner of dismounting, especially from a horse.

  2. Sports A move in gymnastics whereby the gymnast gets off an apparatus or completes a floor exercise, typically landing on both feet.


[Probably alteration of obsolete French desmonter, to unseat : des-, dis- + monter, to mount; see mount1.]
dis·mount'a·ble adj.
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Word Origin & History

dismount 
1533, from dis- + mount (v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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