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ungrip

ungrip verb: to release one's grip on; to let go.

Verb

ungrip (third-person singular simple present ungrips, present participle ungripping, simple past and past participle ungripped)

  1. (transitive) To release one's grip on; to let go.
    • It can open or close its gripper to grip or ungrip a block.1988, Robotics: Proceedings of National Workshop, April 1987, page 180

Forms of ungrip

third-person singular presentungrips
present participleungripping
past participleungripped
pastungripped

Origin of ungrip

From un- + grip.

Questions about ungrip

What does ungrip mean?
Ungrip means to release one's grip on; to let go.
What part of speech is ungrip?
Ungrip is a verb.
What is the past tense of ungrip?
The past tense of ungrip is ungripped.

Words near ungrip in the dictionary

  1. ungrievous
  2. ungriftable
  3. ungrilled
  4. ungrimed
  5. ungrindable
  6. ungrip
  7. ungripe
  8. ungriped
  9. ungripes
  10. ungriping
  11. ungrippable

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