dismount

Speech parts

1. dismount - Noun

2. dismount - Verb

Meaning

To come down; to descend.

To alight from a horse; to descend or get off, as a rider from his beast; as, the troops dismounted.

To throw or bring down from an elevation, place of honor and authority, or the like.

To throw or remove from a horse; to unhorse; as, the soldier dismounted his adversary.

To take down, or apart, as a machine.

To throw or remove from the carriage, or from that on which a thing is mounted; to break the carriage or wheels of, and render useless; to deprive of equipments or mountings; -- said esp. of artillery.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

light get off unhorse get down unmount land get fall remove strike drop arrive settle throw descending
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Antonyms

mount get on shin escalade scalar levitation
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Hypernyms

fall discontinuance descend discontinuation go down come down

Phrases with the word

dismount from

Derivatives

dismounted dismounting

Examples

Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry. Winston Churchill

One may ride upon a tiger's back but it is fatal to dismount. Ernest Bramah

Dismount and kneel before me, that I may strike off your head with fullest ease. You shall die in this tragic golden light of sunset. Jack Vance

When the horse dies, dismount. German Proverb

Who rides a tiger cannot dismount. Chinese Proverb

He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount. Chinese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

dismoded dismortgage dismotility dismount from dismountable dismounted