dismount








verb (used without object)

  1. to get off or alight from a horse, bicycle, etc.

verb (used with object)

  1. to bring or throw down, as from a horse; unhorse; throw: The horse twisted and bucked and finally dismounted its rider.
  2. to remove (a thing) from its mounting, support, setting, etc.: to dismount a picture.
  3. to take (a mechanism) to pieces.

noun

  1. an act or process of dismounting.
  2. Gymnastics. a move by which a gymnast gets off an apparatus or finishes a floor exercise, usually landing upright on the feet.

verb

  1. to get off a horse, bicycle, etc
  2. (tr) to disassemble or remove from a mounting

noun

  1. the act of dismounting
v.

1540s, from dis- + mount (v.). Related: Dismounted; dismounting.

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