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unclosing

unclosing is the present participle and gerund of unclose.

Meaning of unclose

Verb

unclose (third-person singular simple present uncloses, present participle unclosing, simple past and past participle unclosed)

  1. (ambitransitive) To open; to unclench.
    • They measured it to some considerable length—another door presented itself to the searching hand of Carlstadt the Baron, but resisted the repeated efforts made to unclose it.1807, [Miss Guion], chapter I, in The Three Germans. Mysteries Exemplified in the Life of Holstein of Lutztein. A German Romance. […], volume I, London: […] J[ames] F[letcher] Hughes, […], →OCLC...
  2. (transitive) To disclose (something secret or hidden).
    • Loue in what ere hee doth, doth not diſguiſe his face, / His harte lyes on his toung, vnſeen hee neuer goes, / Hee weares no Giges ring, hee is not one of thoſe, / Hee doth vncloſe his thoghts, to gayn vnfayned grace[.]1608, Otho Venius, translated by R[ichard] V[erstegan], “Loue Requyres Sinceritie”, in Amorum Emblemata, Figuris Æneis Incisa Studio Othonis Væni Bataou-Lugdunensis. Emblemes of Loue. […], Antwerp...
  3. To undo the act of closing; to restore (something closed).
    • to unclose a window

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Questions about unclosing

What is unclosing the present participle and gerund of?
Unclosing is the present participle and gerund of unclose.

Words near unclosing in the dictionary

  1. uncloses
  2. uncloset
  3. uncloseted
  4. uncloseting
  5. unclosets
  6. unclosing
  7. unclothe
  8. unclothed
  9. unclothedness
  10. unclothes
  11. unclothing

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