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dismount

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dis·mount  (ds-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. (dsmount)
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·mounta·ble adj.

dismount
Verb
to get off a horse or bicycle
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.dismountdismount - the act of dismounting (a horse or bike etc.)
discontinuance, discontinuation - the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent)
Verb1.dismountdismount - alight from (a horse)                
horseback riding, riding - travel by being carried on horseback
come down, descend, go down, fall - move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"

dismount
Translations

dismount [dɪsˈmaunt] viapearse; [rider] → desmontar
dismount [dɪsˈmaunt] vimettre pied à terre
dismount [dɪsˈmaunt] viabsteigen
dismount [dɪsˈmaunt] viscendere
vt [+ rider] → disarcionare

dismount
v dismount [disˈmaunt]
to get off a horse, bicycle etc He dismounted and pushed his bicycle up the hill.afklim, afspringيَنْزِل، يَتَرَجَّلслизамsesednoutstige afabsteigen, absitzenξεκαβαλικεύωdesmontarsadulast maha tulemaپیاده شدن؛ پیاده کردنlaskeutua satulastadescendreלָרֶדֶת מְ-उतरना या उतारना, पुर्जे खोलनाsjahati, sićileszáll (lóról, kerékpárról)turunstíga af bakiscendere降りる내리다; 내려주다nuliptinokāpt (no zirga, velosipēda); nomest (no zirga)turun dari tunganganafstijgen/stige avzsiąśćdesmontara coborîспешиваться; слезатьzosadnúťrazjahatisićistiga av (ner, ur), sitta avลงจากยานพาหนะinmek下馬,下車спішувати(ся); злазитиسواری سے نیچے اترناngã

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Upon this the old man made his son dismount, and got up himself.
I was afraid the maid would jump down and clear out amongst the rocks, in which case we should have had to dismount and catch her.
8-10) Your son's wife, driving to this house with strong- hoofed mules, shall dismount from her carriage to greet you; may she be shod with golden shoes as she stands weaving at the loom.
 
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