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uncloset

uncloset verb: to bring out of the closet; to out.

Verb

uncloset (third-person singular simple present unclosets, present participle uncloseting, simple past and past participle uncloseted)

  1. (transitive) To bring out of the closet; to out.
    • What is novel is the willingness of all 26 contributors to, in effect, uncloset themselves and appear in a (more or less) scholarly volume specifically for the gay community.1977 December 24, Robert Etherington, “Gays In The Academy—Uneven Scholars”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 25, page 13

Forms of uncloset

third-person singular presentunclosets
present participleuncloseting
past participleuncloseted
pastuncloseted

Origin of uncloset

From un- + closet.

Questions about uncloset

What does uncloset mean?
Uncloset means to bring out of the closet; to out.
What part of speech is uncloset?
Uncloset is a verb.
What is the past tense of uncloset?
The past tense of uncloset is uncloseted.

Words near uncloset in the dictionary

  1. unclosable
  2. unclose
  3. uncloseable
  4. unclosed
  5. uncloses
  6. uncloset
  7. uncloseted
  8. uncloseting
  9. unclosets
  10. unclosing
  11. unclothe

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