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dismount en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From dis- + mount, probably a calque of Old French desmonter.
Meanings
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The act of stepping down from something being ridden, such as a skateboard.
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The part of a routine in which the gymnast detaches from an apparatus.
It was a stylish routine, let down by a sloppy dismount.
Forms
Translations (2)
fi alastulo (part of gymnastics routine) · ca sortida (part of gymnastics routine)
dismount en · VERB
Pronunciation
Etymology
From dis- + mount, probably a calque of Old French desmonter.
Meanings
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(ambitransitive) To (cause to) get off (something).
She carefully dismounted the horse.
Cadel 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.
2012 July 15, Richard Williams, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track, Guardian Unlimited:She carefully dismounted from the horse.
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(ambitransitive) 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.
1995, Rick Sant'Angelo, NetWare unleashed, page 1130:
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(intransitive) To come down; to descend.
But now the bright sun ginneth to dismount.
1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “May. Ægloga Quinta.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], →OCLC:
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(transitive) To throw (cannon) off their carriages.
Forms
Antonyms
get on (antonym(s) of “get off something”) · mount (antonym(s) of “computing”)
Deriveds
dismountable · dismounter
Synonyms
unmount · umount
Translations (54)
ru спе́шиться (to get off) · nl demonteer (to get off) · ru снима́ть (to remove (something) from its support) · sga do·aurling (to get off) · pl zsiadać (to get off) · bg слизам (to get off) · fi laskea (to come down; to descend) · ar تَرَجَّل (to get off) · az piyadalanmaq (to get off) · cmn 下馬 /下马 (to get off) · el κατεβεί (to get off) · ru вы́садиться (to get off) · pt desmontar (to get off) · ru слезть (to get off) · mi makere (to get off) · ru выса́живаться (to get off) · chr ᎠᏠᎢᏍᎦ (to get off) · ga tuirling (to get off) · pl zsadzać (to cause to get off) · fi laskea (to remove (something) from its support) · nl afstappen (to get off) · ca descavalcar (to get off) · pl zsiąść (to get off) · fi jalkautua (to get off) · fi jalkauttaa (to cause to get off) · bg слизам (to come down; to descend) · la dismontō (to get off) · de absteigen (to get off) · pl zsadzić (to cause to get off) · es desmontar (to get off) · az piyadalaşmaq (to get off) · ru слеза́ть (to get off) · fi laskeutua (to come down; to descend) · eo deĉevaliĝi (to get off) · cmn 卸下 ((computing) to make a mounted drive unavailable for use) · ru демонти́ровать (to remove (something) from its support) · fi laskeutua (to get off) · az enmək (to get off) · ru спе́шиваться (to get off) · fr démonter (to get off) · fr démonter ((computing) to make a mounted drive unavailable for use) · az düşmək (to get off) · de abnehmen (to get off) · ru вы́нуть (to remove (something) from its support) · ru вынима́ть (to remove (something) from its support) · fr descendre (to come down; to descend) · fi laskea (to cause to get off) · ru снять (to remove (something) from its support) · ca desmuntar (to get off) · it smontarsi (to get off) · la descendō (to get off) · ru спусти́ться (to come down; to descend) · ru демонти́ровать ((computing) to make a mounted drive unavailable for use) · ru спуска́ться (to come down; to descend)