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uncans

uncans is the third-person singular simple present indicative of uncan.

Meaning of uncan

Verb

uncan (third-person singular simple present uncans, present participle uncanning, simple past and past participle uncanned)

  1. (rare) 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

Questions about uncans

What is uncans the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Uncans is the third-person singular simple present indicative of uncan.

Words near uncans in the dictionary

  1. uncanonize
  2. uncanonized
  3. uncanonizes
  4. uncanonizing
  5. uncanopied
  6. uncans
  7. uncantankerous
  8. uncanted
  9. uncantilevered
  10. uncanvased
  11. uncanvassed

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