/ English Dictionary

DISMOUNT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of dismounting (a horse or bike etc.)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("dismount" is a kind of...):

discontinuance; discontinuation (the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent))

Derivation:

dismount (alight from (a horse))

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Alight from (a horse)

Synonyms:

dismount; get down; get off; light; unhorse

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "dismount" is one way to...):

come down; descend; fall; go down (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way)

Domain category:

horseback riding; riding (travel by being carried on horseback)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

dismount (the act of dismounting (a horse or bike etc.))

Credits

 Context examples: 

But oh! when I DID find the house, and DID dismount at the garden-gate, and drag those stony-hearted boots across the lawn to Dora sitting on a garden-seat under a lilac tree, what a spectacle she was, upon that beautiful morning, among the butterflies, in a white chip bonnet and a dress of celestial blue!

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

He had just dismounted;—she could not be mistaken,—it WAS Edward.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Once or twice in the month, while riding through the park on his way to the library, Martin dismounted from his wheel and listened to the arguments, and each time he tore himself away reluctantly.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

So I was sent upstairs to Peggotty to be made spruce; and in the meantime Mr. Murdstone dismounted, and, with his horse's bridle drawn over his arm, walked slowly up and down on the outer side of the sweetbriar fence, while my mother walked slowly up and down on the inner to keep him company.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

In the meantime the supervisor rode on, as fast as he could, to Kitt's Hole; but his men had to dismount and grope down the dingle, leading, and sometimes supporting, their horses, and in continual fear of ambushes; so it was no great matter for surprise that when they got down to the Hole the lugger was already under way, though still close in.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Miss Murdstone, during the latter portion of the contest, had dismounted, and was now waiting with her brother at the bottom of the steps, until my aunt should be at leisure to receive them.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

A man in a long duster had dismounted from the wreck and now stood in the middle of the road, looking from the car to the tire and from the tire to the observers in a pleasant, puzzled way.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

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