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Definition of Dismount
1. Verb. Alight from (a horse).
Category relationships: Horseback Riding, Riding
Generic synonyms: Come Down, Descend, Fall, Go Down
2. Noun. The act of dismounting (a horse or bike etc.).
Definition of Dismount
1. v. i. To come down; to descend.
2. v. t. To throw or bring down from an elevation, place of honor and authority, or the like.
Definition of Dismount
1. Noun. (gymnastics) The part of a routine in which the gymnast detaches from an apparatus. ¹
2. Verb. (ambitransitive) to get off (something) ¹
3. Verb. (computing transitive) to make a hard drive unavailable for use ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dismount
1. to get down from an elevated position [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Dismount
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1. To throw or bring down from an elevation, place of honor and authority, or the like. "Dismounted from his authority." (Barrow)
2. To throw or remove from a horse; to unhorse; as, the soldier dismounted his adversary.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Dismount
Literary usage of Dismount
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gymnastic Teaching by William Skarstrom (1921)
"Jump, start swing, dismount on next forward swing with quarter left and right
... Hang with reverse grasp, start swing, dismount on first backward swing. ..."
2. Technique of Modern Tactics: A Study of Troop Leading Methods in the by Paul Stanley Bond, Michael Joseph McDonough (1916)
"When opposed to infantry alone the risk in dismounting is not so great as when
a hostile cavalry force is near, and cavalry will often dismount to fight ..."
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