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unflower

unflower verb: to strip the flowers from.

Verb

unflower (third-person singular simple present unflowers, present participle unflowering, simple past and past participle unflowered)

  1. (transitive) To strip the flowers from.
    • Look where the winds unflower / The once leaf-flowered tree.1946, Raymond Peckham Holden, Selected poems, page 35
  2. (transitive) To deflower; to take the virginity of.
    • To prevent the erosion of his own authority, Basil is persuaded to re-enact his father's crime — to unflower the servant girl on her nuptial night.1988, Contemporary Dramatists, page 390

Forms of unflower

third-person singular presentunflowers
present participleunflowering
past participleunflowered
pastunflowered

Origin of unflower

From un- + flower.

Questions about unflower

What does unflower mean?
Unflower means to strip the flowers from.
What part of speech is unflower?
Unflower is a verb.
What is the past tense of unflower?
The past tense of unflower is unflowered.

Words near unflower in the dictionary

  1. unflourished
  2. unflourishing
  3. unfloury
  4. unflouted
  5. unflowed
  6. unflower
  7. unflowered
  8. unflowering
  9. unflowers
  10. unflowery
  11. unflowing

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