dismount
Collocations
5ADJ.
nice, sloppy
VERB + DISMOUNT
help, helped, said, slowing
DISMOUNT + NOUN
yourself
PREP.
from, than
ADV.
then
Definitions
verb
To (cause to) get off (something).
She carefully dismounted from the horse.
She carefully dismounted the horse.
To make (a mounted drive) unavailable for use.
The VMS operator tried to dismount the Unix hard drive with the DISMOUNT DISK$NFSMOUNT command, instead of umount /mnt/nfshome.
PROBLEM: A volume periodically dismounts. There are two drives with one volume on each. From time to time, the second volume dismounts and the drive shuts down.
To come down; to descend.
But now the bright sun ginneth to dismount.
To throw (cannon) off their carriages.
noun
The act of stepping down from something being ridden, such as a skateboard.
Nice dismount!
The part of a routine in which the gymnast detaches from an apparatus.
It was a stylish routine, let down by a sloppy dismount.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
verb — alight from (a horse)
- unhorse
- light
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6She carefully dismounted from the horse.
WiktionaryShe carefully dismounted the horse.
WiktionaryCadel 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.
WiktionaryNice dismount!
WiktionaryIt was a stylish routine, let down by a sloppy dismount.
Wiktionary"If you're thirsty," said the maid, "dismount yourself, and lie down by the water and drink; I don't mean to be your servant any longer."
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