dismount
verb /dɪsˈmaʊnt/
/dɪsˈmaʊnt/
[intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they dismount | /dɪsˈmaʊnt/ /dɪsˈmaʊnt/ |
| he / she / it dismounts | /dɪsˈmaʊnts/ /dɪsˈmaʊnts/ |
| past simple dismounted | /dɪsˈmaʊntɪd/ /dɪsˈmaʊntɪd/ |
| past participle dismounted | /dɪsˈmaʊntɪd/ /dɪsˈmaʊntɪd/ |
| -ing form dismounting | /dɪsˈmaʊntɪŋ/ /dɪsˈmaʊntɪŋ/ |
- dismount (from something) to get off a horse, bicycle or motorcycle
- She brought her horse to a halt and dismounted.
- The cyclists were made to dismount and show their documents.
Wordfinder- back-pedal
- cycling
- dismount
- handlebar
- pedal
- ride
- saddle
- speed
- tandem
- velodrome
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDismount is used with these nouns as the object:- horse
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from dis- + mount ‘ get up on something’, probably on the pattern of Old French desmonter, medieval Latin dismontare.