REMOUNT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does remount mean? 

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

1. a fresh horse especially (formerly) to replace one killed or injured in battle

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

• REMOUNT (verb)
  The verb REMOUNT has 3 senses:

1. mount again

2. mount again, as after disassembling something

3. provide with fresh horses

  Familiarity information: REMOUNT used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REMOUNT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fresh horse especially (formerly) to replace one killed or injured in battle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mount; riding horse; saddle horse (a lightweight horse kept for riding only)

Derivation:

remount (provide with fresh horses)

• REMOUNT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they remount    ... he / she / it remounts   
Past simple: remounted   
Past participle: remounted   
-ing form: remounting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mount again

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

he remounted his horse

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

bestride; climb on; get on; hop on; jump on; mount; mount up (get up on the back of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Mount again, as after disassembling something

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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

mount (attach to a support)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Provide with fresh horses

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Context example:

remount a regiment

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

horse (provide with a horse or horses)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

remount (a fresh horse especially (formerly) to replace one killed or injured in battle)

 Context examples 

He fell wounded—he stood up—he remounted—he proceeded.

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

As he spoke, the knight-errant, who had remounted his warhorse, galloped forward to the royal stand, with a silken kerchief bound round his wounded arm.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)