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derig

derig verb: to remove the rigging from (a vessel, etc.).

Verb

derig (third-person singular simple present derigs, present participle derigging, simple past and past participle derigged)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To remove the rigging from (a vessel, etc.).
    • "No way, we have to derig." "Okay. I'll keep paddling." I started untangling lines, pulling in jibsail cloth like a lobster fisherman pulling up a trap.2002, Eric Stiller, Keep Australia On Your Left: A True Story of an Attempt to Circumnavigate Australia by Kayak, page 106
    Synonyms:
    unrig

Synonyms of derig

Forms of derig

third-person singular presentderigs
present participlederigging
past participlederigged
pastderigged

Origin of derig

From de- + rig.

Questions about derig

What does derig mean?
Derig means to remove the rigging from (a vessel, etc.).
What part of speech is derig?
Derig is a verb.
What is the past tense of derig?
The past tense of derig is derigged.

Words near derig in the dictionary

  1. deriding
  2. deridingly
  3. deridings
  4. DeRienzo
  5. DeRienzos
  6. derig
  7. derigged
  8. derigging
  9. derigs
  10. derilict
  11. dering

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