DISMOUNT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dismount mean? 

• DISMOUNT (noun)
  The noun DISMOUNT has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: DISMOUNT used as a noun is very rare.

• DISMOUNT (verb)
  The verb DISMOUNT has 1 sense:

1. alight from (a horse)

  Familiarity information: DISMOUNT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISMOUNT (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))

• DISMOUNT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they dismount    ... he / she / it dismounts   
Past simple: dismounted   
Past participle: dismounted   
-ing form: dismounting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Alight from (a horse)

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

dismount; get down; get off; light; unhorse

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.))

 Context examples 

"Maybe nobody will be there," Brissenden said, when they dismounted and plunged off to the right into the heart of the working-class ghetto, south of Market Street.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Then he dismounted and took her in his arms; and she kissed him, and said, “Now you have indeed set me free, and tomorrow we will celebrate our marriage.”

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

He assisted her to dismount, and dismissing her guide, conducted her into the cottage.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Here Mr. Dance dismounted, and taking me along with him, was admitted at a word into the house.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

He dismounted, and giving his horse to his servant, walked back with them to Barton, whither he was purposely coming to visit them.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

He turned in at the Hall gates, and dismounted from his machine.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The first time occurred when the master was trying to teach a spirited thoroughbred the method of opening and closing gates without the rider's dismounting.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Active and fearless, and though rather small, strongly made, she seemed formed for a horsewoman; and to the pure genuine pleasure of the exercise, something was probably added in Edmund's attendance and instructions, and something more in the conviction of very much surpassing her sex in general by her early progress, to make her unwilling to dismount.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Taken aback at this ungentle speech, and scarce knowing how to answer it fitly in the presence of the lady, Alleyne stood with his hand upon the handle of the door, while Sir Nigel and his companions dismounted.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The emperor was already descended from the tower, and advancing on horseback towards me, which had like to have cost him dear; for the beast, though very well trained, yet wholly unused to such a sight, which appeared as if a mountain moved before him, reared up on its hinder feet: but that prince, who is an excellent horseman, kept his seat, till his attendants ran in, and held the bridle, while his majesty had time to dismount.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)