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uncatching

uncatching is the present participle and gerund of uncatch.

Meaning of uncatch

Verb

uncatch (third-person singular simple present uncatches, present participle uncatching, simple past and past participle uncaught)

  1. (ambitransitive) To set free from a restraint; unfasten or unclasp; release
    • Caddy uncaught me and we crawled through.1929, William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury, Folio Society, published 2016, page 4

Questions about uncatching

What is uncatching the present participle and gerund of?
Uncatching is the present participle and gerund of uncatch.

Words near uncatching in the dictionary

  1. uncatch
  2. uncatchable
  3. uncatchableness
  4. uncatchably
  5. uncatches
  6. uncatching
  7. uncatchy
  8. uncate
  9. uncatechised
  10. uncatechized
  11. uncategorical

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