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unbell

unbell verb: to remove a bell from.

Verb

unbell (third-person singular simple present unbells, present participle unbelling, simple past and past participle unbelled)

  1. (transitive) To remove a bell from.
    • I was sent to unbell the lead mare, who gave no alarm as I crept among the woolly gray and brown animals through the mule smell and grass smell and the sound of fluttering lips and dropping manure. I removed the bell from the mare […]1983, Laurence Gonzales, El Vago, page 56

Forms of unbell

third-person singular presentunbells
present participleunbelling
past participleunbelled
pastunbelled

Origin of unbell

From un- + bell.

Questions about unbell

What does unbell mean?
Unbell means to remove a bell from.
What part of speech is unbell?
Unbell is a verb.
What is the past tense of unbell?
The past tense of unbell is unbelled.

Words near unbell in the dictionary

  1. unbelievingness
  2. unbelittled
  3. unbelittling
  4. unbelivable
  5. unbeliveable
  6. unbell
  7. unbelled
  8. unbellicose
  9. unbellied
  10. unbelligerent
  11. unbelligerently

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