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unforming

unforming is the present participle and gerund of unform.

Meaning of unform

Verb

unform (third-person singular simple present unforms, present participle unforming, simple past and past participle unformed)

  1. To destroy the form of; to decompose, or resolve into parts; to unmake.
    • Such are a few of the numerous causes that contribute to the disunion of concrete bodies, and powerfully co-operate with that wonderful fluid which alternately forms and unforms; which creates , decomposes , and regenerates all nature.1826, John Mason Good, “Lecture VII. On Geology. (The Subject Continued.)”, in The Book of Nature. […], volumes I (Series I. Nature of the Material World; […].), London: […] [A[ndrew] & R[obert]...

Questions about unforming

What is unforming the present participle and gerund of?
Unforming is the present participle and gerund of unform.

Words near unforming in the dictionary

  1. unformatting
  2. unformed
  3. unformedly
  4. unformedness
  5. unformidable
  6. unforming
  7. unforms
  8. unformulable
  9. unformulaic
  10. unformularized
  11. unformulated

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