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unbarb

unbarb verb: to remove a barb from.

Verb

unbarb (third-person singular simple present unbarbs, present participle unbarbing, simple past and past participle unbarbed)

  1. (transitive) To remove a barb from.
    • […] that could unbarb the arrow of malice […]1798, The Guilt and Baseness of Absentees, Fully Displayed, page 13

Forms of unbarb

third-person singular presentunbarbs
present participleunbarbing
past participleunbarbed
pastunbarbed

Origin of unbarb

From un- + barb.

Questions about unbarb

What does unbarb mean?
Unbarb means to remove a barb from.
What part of speech is unbarb?
Unbarb is a verb.
What is the past tense of unbarb?
The past tense of unbarb is unbarbed.

Words near unbarb in the dictionary

  1. unbaptize
  2. unbaptized
  3. unbaptizes
  4. unbaptizing
  5. unbar
  6. unbarb
  7. unbarbarise
  8. unbarbarised
  9. unbarbarises
  10. unbarbarising
  11. unbarbarize

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