Dismount

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɪsˈmaÊŠnt/
• Rhymes: -aÊŠnt

Origin

- + mount, probably a calque of Old French desmonter.

Full definition of dismount

Noun

1. (gymnastics) The part of a routine in which the gymnast detaches from an apparatus.A stylish routine, let down by a sloppy dismount.

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) to get off (something)She carefully dismounted from the horse.
• 2012, July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off trackCadel Evans was the first to suffer, quickly dismounting and waiting to take a bike from one of his BMC Racing team-mates, only to discover that the first of them had also punctured.
2. (computing, transitive) to make a hard drive unavailable for use''The VMS operator tried to dismount the Unix hard drive with the DISMOUNT DISK$NFSMOUNT command, instead of

1. To come down; to descend.
• SpenserBut now the bright sun ginneth to dismount.

Synonyms

• (computing) unmount, umount

Antonyms

• (to get off of) get on
• (computing) mount