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unback

unback verb: to remove the back or backing from (something).

Verb

unback (third-person singular simple present unbacks, present participle unbacking, simple past and past participle unbacked)

  1. (rare, transitive) To remove the back or backing from (something).
    • “When you go home,” resumed Josephine, “unback the miniature case and upon the surface opposite the painting you will find these words […]”1896, Ida Worden Wheeler, chapter 10, in Siegfried the Mystic, Boston: Arena Publishing Company, page 109
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To deprive (a horse) of its rider.
    • Her horse againe this Princesse must vnbacke,1599, Henry Petowe, Philochasander and Elanira, London: Thomas Purfoot

Forms of unback

third-person singular presentunbacks
present participleunbacking
past participleunbacked
pastunbacked

Origin of unback

From un- + back.

Questions about unback

What does unback mean?
Unback means to remove the back or backing from (something).
What part of speech is unback?
Unback is a verb.
What is the past tense of unback?
The past tense of unback is unbacked.

Words near unback in the dictionary

  1. unaxled
  2. unazotized
  3. UNB
  4. unbabied
  5. unbabylike
  6. unback
  7. unbackable
  8. unbackable favourite
  9. unbackable favourites
  10. unbacked
  11. unbacking

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