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unfanging

unfanging is the present participle and gerund of unfang.

Meaning of unfang

Verb

unfang (third-person singular simple present unfangs, present participle unfanging, simple past and past participle unfanged)

  1. (transitive) To deprive of fangs.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To render harmless.
    Synonyms:
    declaw

Questions about unfanging

What is unfanging the present participle and gerund of?
Unfanging is the present participle and gerund of unfang.

Words near unfanging in the dictionary

  1. unfanciful
  2. unfancifully
  3. unfancy
  4. unfang
  5. unfanged
  6. unfanging
  7. unfangs
  8. unfanned
  9. unfannish
  10. unfannishness
  11. unfantastic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unfanging (page history and authors); unfang (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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