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unglueing

unglueing is the present participle and gerund of unglue.

Meaning of unglue

Verb

unglue (third-person singular simple present unglues, present participle ungluing or (uncommon) unglueing, simple past and past participle unglued)

  1. to separate that which was held by glue
    • we had to use warm water and solvent to unglue all the joints we put in yesterday.
  2. to cease to adhere to or follow attentively
    • parents are looking for new ways to unglue their children from their screens

Questions about unglueing

What is unglueing the present participle and gerund of?
Unglueing is the present participle and gerund of unglue.

Words near unglueing in the dictionary

  1. unglucosylated
  2. unglucuronidated
  3. unglue
  4. unglueable
  5. unglued
  6. unglueing
  7. unglues
  8. ungluing
  9. unglutinous
  10. unglutted
  11. ungluttonous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unglueing (page history and authors); unglue (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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