Word
Dismount
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
dis-mount
Definition
- v. i. - To come down; to descend.
- v. i. - To alight from a horse; to descend or get off, as a
rider from his beast; as, the troops dismounted.
- v. t. - To throw or bring down from an elevation, place of
honor and authority, or the like.
- v. t. - To throw or remove from a horse; to unhorse; as, the
soldier dismounted his adversary.
- v. t. - To take down, or apart, as a machine.
- v. t. - 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.
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