unflood
unflood verb: to clear the liquid from a flooded area.
Verb
unflood (third-person singular simple present unfloods, present participle unflooding, simple past and past participle unflooded)
- To clear the liquid from a flooded area.
- […] Beatrice is now really letting the salt water flow freely, although her best effort is in Woodlawn two days later when it looks as if we will have to send for a siphon to unflood the premises.a. 1946, Damon Runyon, Blonde Mink
- And still I was diddling with the engine, fifteen, twenty, thirty, sixty pulls of the starting cord, fiddling with the choke, halfway, full choke, close choke, and flooding it, and waiting for it to unflood.2013, George Szanto, Bog Tender: Coming Home to Nature and Memory, page 191
Forms of unflood
| third-person singular present | unfloods |
|---|---|
| present participle | unflooding |
| past participle | unflooded |
| past | unflooded |
Origin of unflood
From un- + flood.
Questions about unflood
- What does unflood mean?
- Unflood means to clear the liquid from a flooded area.
- What part of speech is unflood?
- Unflood is a verb.
- What is the past tense of unflood?
- The past tense of unflood is unflooded.
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