dismount

Definitions


[dɪsˈmaʊnt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- get off a horse, bicycle, or anything that one is riding
(e.g: he rode over and dismounted)

- remove (something) from its support
(e.g: we have to dismount the pump)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century: from dis- + mount, probably on the pattern of Old French desmonter, medieval Latin dismontare


[dɪsˈmaʊnt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a move in which a gymnast jumps off an apparatus or completes a floor exercise
(e.g: on the uneven bars the women go for ever more complex dismounts)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century: from dis- + mount, probably on the pattern of Old French desmonter, medieval Latin dismontare




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