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ungrow

ungrow verb: to reverse the process of growth; to shrink or decrease.

Verb

ungrow (third-person singular simple present ungrows, present participle ungrowing, simple past ungrew, past participle ungrown)

  1. (ambitransitive, rare) To reverse the process of growth; to shrink or decrease.

Forms of ungrow

third-person singular presentungrows
present participleungrowing
pastungrew
past participleungrown

Origin of ungrow

From un- + grow.

Questions about ungrow

What does ungrow mean?
Ungrow means to reverse the process of growth; to shrink or decrease.
What part of speech is ungrow?
Ungrow is a verb.
What is the past tense of ungrow?
The past tense of ungrow is ungrew.

Words near ungrow in the dictionary

  1. ungroupable
  2. ungrouped
  3. ungrouping
  4. ungroups
  5. ungrouted
  6. ungrow
  7. ungrowable
  8. ungrowing
  9. ungrown
  10. ungrows
  11. ungroyned

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