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unberth

unberth verb: to bring (a ship etc.) out of its berth.

Verb

unberth (third-person singular simple present unberths, present participle unberthing, simple past and past participle unberthed)

  1. (transitive) To bring (a ship etc.) out of its berth.
    1. (transitive) To remove a spaceship from a dock/berth/mount/mooring with the assistance of a device that moves the spaceship away from its fixed location.

Forms of unberth

third-person singular presentunberths
present participleunberthing
past participleunberthed
pastunberthed

Origin of unberth

From un- + berth.

Words formed from unberth

Questions about unberth

What does unberth mean?
Unberth means to bring (a ship etc.) out of its berth.
What part of speech is unberth?
Unberth is a verb.
What is the past tense of unberth?
The past tense of unberth is unberthed.

Words near unberth in the dictionary

  1. unbequested
  2. unbereaved
  3. unbereft
  4. unberibboned
  5. unberried
  6. unberth
  7. unberthed
  8. unberthing
  9. unberthings
  10. unberths
  11. unberufen

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