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unfurnish

unfurnish verb: to strip (a place) of defences or defenders.

Verb

unfurnish (third-person singular simple present unfurnishes, present participle unfurnishing, simple past and past participle unfurnished)

  1. (transitive) To strip (a place) of defences or defenders.
  2. (transitive) To strip of furniture.

Forms of unfurnish

third-person singular presentunfurnishes
present participleunfurnishing
past participleunfurnished
pastunfurnished

Origin of unfurnish

From un- + furnish.

Questions about unfurnish

What does unfurnish mean?
Unfurnish means to strip (a place) of defences or defenders.
What part of speech is unfurnish?
Unfurnish is a verb.
What is the past tense of unfurnish?
The past tense of unfurnish is unfurnished.

Words near unfurnish in the dictionary

  1. unfurled
  2. unfurling
  3. unfurlings
  4. unfurloughed
  5. unfurls
  6. unfurnish
  7. unfurnished
  8. unfurnishedness
  9. unfurnishes
  10. unfurnishing
  11. unfurnisht

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