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dismount

Syllabification: (dis·mount)
Pronunciation: /disˈmount/
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Definition of dismount

verb

  • 1 [no object] alight from a horse, bicycle, or other thing that one is riding.
  • [with object] cause to fall or alight.
  • 2 [with object] remove (something) from its support:we have to dismount the pump
  • Computing make (a disk or disk drive) unavailable for use.

noun

Gymnastics
  • a move in which a gymnast jumps off an apparatus or completes a floor exercise: on the uneven bars the women go for ever more complex dismounts

Origin:

mid 16th century: from dis- + mount1, probably on the pattern of Old French desmonter, medieval Latin dismontare

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