dismount
dismount Lexical Profile
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• verb
To get off or step down from a horse, bicycle, motorcycle, or gymnastic apparatus.
"Cyclists are required to dismount and walk their bikes across the crowded pedestrian bridge."
To remove an object, piece of equipment, or tire from its support, frame, or setting.
"The technician carefully dismounted the telescope lens from its housing to clean the glass."
To cause someone to fall or come down from a horse or other mount.
"The sudden jolt over the rocky terrain nearly dismounted the inexperienced rider."
• noun
The act or manner of getting off a horse, bicycle, motorcycle, or piece of gymnastic apparatus.
"The gymnast executed a flawless double-somersault dismount from the uneven bars."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the mid-16th century from Middle French desmonter, formed from the prefix des- (expressing reversal) and monter ('to go up, mount'), ultimately from Latin mons ('mountain').