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uncumbering

uncumbering is the present participle and gerund of uncumber.

Meaning of uncumber

Verb

uncumber (third-person singular simple present uncumbers, present participle uncumbering, simple past and past participle uncumbered)

  1. (rare) To disencumber.
    • ... St. Wilgeforte (famous for praying for a beard to protect her virtue, and getting one as long as the Persian king's) obtained the name of St. Uncumber in England because, for a peck of oats, she would uncumber any woman who was tired of her husband;...1856, Robert Southey, John Wood Warter, Selections from the Letters of Robert Southey, page 44

Questions about uncumbering

What is uncumbering the present participle and gerund of?
Uncumbering is the present participle and gerund of uncumber.

Words near uncumbering in the dictionary

  1. unculture
  2. uncultured
  3. unculturedness
  4. uncumber
  5. uncumbered
  6. uncumbering
  7. uncumbers
  8. uncumbersome
  9. uncumbrous
  10. uncunning
  11. uncunningly

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