uncanning
uncanning is the present participle and gerund of uncan.
Meaning of uncan
Verb
uncan (third-person singular simple present uncans, present participle uncanning, simple past and past participle uncanned)
- To remove from a can.
- There is need of articulation — a combined effort to "uncan the canned goods."1915, Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly … of the Legislature of the State of California, page 282
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- Uncanning is the present participle and gerund of uncan.
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