uncurb
uncurb verb: to remove restrictions from, to render free from restraints.
Verb
uncurb (third-person singular simple present uncurbs, present participle uncurbing, simple past and past participle uncurbed)
- to remove restrictions from, to render free from restraints
- The "Cape Malay", a people of whom I had never heard before our arrival, grasped eagerly at the demoralizing doctrine of a plurality of wives, and crowded around the sacred men who could uncurb the bit of sensuality and render null and void the restraining laws of bigamy.2009, My Last Cruise, Alexander Habersham, →ISBN, page 35
Forms of uncurb
| third-person singular present | uncurbs |
|---|---|
| present participle | uncurbing |
| past participle | uncurbed |
| past | uncurbed |
Origin of uncurb
From un- + curb.
Questions about uncurb
- What does uncurb mean?
- Uncurb means to remove restrictions from, to render free from restraints.
- What part of speech is uncurb?
- Uncurb is a verb.
- What is the past tense of uncurb?
- The past tense of uncurb is uncurbed.
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