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unclench

/ʌnˈklɛnt͡ʃ/

unclench verb: to open (something that was clenched).

Verb

unclench (third-person singular simple present unclenches, present participle unclenching, simple past and past participle unclenched)

  1. (transitive) To open (something that was clenched).
    • The baby stopped crying and unclenched her fists.
    • I watched her clench and unclench her fists nervously.2019, Candice Carty-Williams, Queenie, Trapeze, page 330
  2. (intransitive) To relax, especially one's muscles.
    • Bill, take some deep breaths and unclench.

unclench meaning in Urdu

unclench in Urdu

ڈھیلا کرنا, پکڑ, گرفت سے آزاد کرنا

Forms of unclench

third-person singular presentunclenches
present participleunclenching
past participleunclenched
pastunclenched

Origin of unclench

From Middle English unclenchen, equivalent to un- + clench.

Words that rhyme with unclench

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Questions about unclench

What does unclench mean?
Unclench means to open (something that was clenched).
What is unclench in Urdu?
Unclench in Urdu is ڈھیلا کرنا, پکڑ, گرفت سے آزاد کرنا. See Unclench meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is unclench?
Unclench is a verb.
How do you pronounce unclench?
Unclench is pronounced /ʌnˈklɛnt͡ʃ/.
What is the past tense of unclench?
The past tense of unclench is unclenched.

Words near unclench in the dictionary

  1. uncleji
  2. unclejis
  3. uncleless
  4. unclely
  5. unclement
  6. unclench
  7. unclenched
  8. unclenches
  9. unclenching
  10. unclergiable
  11. unclergyable

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unclench (page history and authors); unclench (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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