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ungird

ungird verb: to loosen or remove the girdle or band of.

Verb

ungird (third-person singular simple present ungirds, present participle ungirding, simple past and past participle ungirded)

  1. To loosen or remove the girdle or band of.
  2. To unbind or unload.

Forms of ungird

third-person singular presentungirds
present participleungirding
past participleungirded
pastungirded

Origin of ungird

From un- + gird; or possibly continuing Middle English ungirden, ungurden, from Old English ungyrdan (“to ungird”). Cognate with German entgürten (“to ungird”).

Words that rhyme with ungird

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Questions about ungird

What does ungird mean?
Ungird means to loosen or remove the girdle or band of.
What part of speech is ungird?
Ungird is a verb.
What is the past tense of ungird?
The past tense of ungird is ungirded.

Words near ungird in the dictionary

  1. ungilled
  2. ungilt
  3. ungimmicked
  4. ungimmicky
  5. unginned
  6. ungird
  7. ungirded
  8. ungirding
  9. ungirdle
  10. ungirdled
  11. ungirdles

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