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unbattening

unbattening is the present participle and gerund of unbatten.

Meaning of unbatten

Verb

unbatten (third-person singular simple present unbattens, present participle unbattening, simple past and past participle unbattened)

  1. (transitive) To open (something previously battened down.
    • to unbatten the hatches

Questions about unbattening

What is unbattening the present participle and gerund of?
Unbattening is the present participle and gerund of unbatten.

Words near unbattening in the dictionary

  1. unbathed
  2. unbating
  3. unbatted
  4. unbatten
  5. unbattened
  6. unbattening
  7. unbattens
  8. unbatterable
  9. unbattered
  10. unbattled
  11. unbattlemented

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unbattening (page history and authors); unbatten (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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