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unclimb

unclimb verb: to undo the climbing of; to climb down or back from.

Verb

unclimb (third-person singular simple present unclimbs, present participle unclimbing, simple past and past participle unclimbed)

  1. (transitive) To undo the climbing of; to climb down or back from.
    • Then I began to unclimb the Rocky Mountains.1924, Minnie Hill Wood, Afoot and Alone from Washington, D. C., to San Francisco, page 243
    • If you need to be back down on the ground again you have to "unclimb" the tree the same way.1984, Field & Stream, volume 89, number 6, page 81

Forms of unclimb

third-person singular presentunclimbs
present participleunclimbing
past participleunclimbed
pastunclimbed

Origin of unclimb

From un- + climb.

Questions about unclimb

What does unclimb mean?
Unclimb means to undo the climbing of; to climb down or back from.
What part of speech is unclimb?
Unclimb is a verb.
What is the past tense of unclimb?
The past tense of unclimb is unclimbed.

Words near unclimb in the dictionary

  1. unclicks
  2. unclie
  3. unclies
  4. unclimactic
  5. unclimaxed
  6. unclimb
  7. unclimbability
  8. unclimbable
  9. unclimbableness
  10. unclimbably
  11. unclimbed

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