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unfouls

unfouls is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unfoul.

Meaning of unfoul

Verb

unfoul (third-person singular simple present unfouls, present participle unfouling, simple past and past participle unfouled)

  1. (transitive) To free (something snagged or fouled).
    • ‘We've lost quite a few men,’ the old man says as he energetically unfouls his rifle and carefully loads it with black powder that he extracts from a horn.1984, Mario Vargas Llosa, translated by Helen R. Lane, The War of the End of the World, Folio Society, published 2012, page 476

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Questions about unfouls

What is unfouls the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Unfouls is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unfoul.

Words near unfouls in the dictionary

  1. unfoughten
  2. unfoul
  3. unfoulable
  4. unfouled
  5. unfouling
  6. unfouls
  7. unfound
  8. unfounded
  9. unfoundedly
  10. unfoundedness
  11. unfoundered

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