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uncrooked

uncrooked is the simple past and past participle of uncrook.

Meaning of uncrook

Verb

uncrook (third-person singular simple present uncrooks, present participle uncrooking, simple past and past participle uncrooked)

  1. (transitive) To bring back from a crooked position.
    • And like them, he worked high on the fretboard, peeling off nimble riffs without ever uncrooking his arm.2008 February 14, Kelefa Sanneh, “A Band That Cradles Its Rock, Even Under All Those Layers of Expectations”, in New York Times

Adjective

uncrooked (not comparable)

  1. Not crooked; straight.

Questions about uncrooked

What does uncrooked mean?
Uncrooked means not crooked; straight.
What is uncrooked the simple past and past participle of?
Uncrooked is the simple past and past participle of uncrook.
What part of speech is uncrooked?
Uncrooked is an adjective.

Words near uncrooked in the dictionary

  1. uncriticizingly
  2. uncritiquable
  3. uncritiqued
  4. uncrocheted
  5. uncrook
  6. uncrooked
  7. uncrooking
  8. uncrooks
  9. uncrop
  10. uncropped
  11. uncropping

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