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ungripe

ungripe is the obsolete form of ungrip.

Meaning of ungrip

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 ungripe

third-person singular presentungripes
present participleungriping
past participleungriped
pastungriped

Origin of ungripe

From un- + gripe.

Questions about ungripe

What is ungripe the obsolete form of?
Ungripe is the obsolete form of ungrip.

Words near ungripe in the dictionary

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

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