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unfill

unfill verb: to empty.

Verb

unfill (third-person singular simple present unfills, present participle unfilling, simple past and past participle unfilled)

  1. (transitive) To empty.
    • I'll pierce him to his face; he shall die looking upon me. Thy veins are swell'd with lust; this shall unfill 'em.1606, Thomas Middleton, The Revenger's Tragedy, act ii, scene 2
    • But with today's fewer and more crowded flights, it's on the upswing again—a flight is overbooked (oversold) and the airline must find volunteers to not fly. The compensation varies by how desperate they are to unfill the plane […]2017, Peter Sander, Free Stuff Guide for Everyone Book

Forms of unfill

third-person singular presentunfills
present participleunfilling
past participleunfilled
pastunfilled

Origin of unfill

From un- + fill.

Words formed from unfill

Questions about unfill

What does unfill mean?
Unfill means to empty.
What part of speech is unfill?
Unfill is a verb.
What is the past tense of unfill?
The past tense of unfill is unfilled.

Words near unfill in the dictionary

  1. unfiliality
  2. unfilially
  3. unfilialness
  4. unfiligreed
  5. unfiling
  6. unfill
  7. unfillable
  8. unfilled
  9. unfilledness
  10. unfilleted
  11. unfilling

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