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unguard

unguard verb: to deprive of a guard.

Verb

unguard (third-person singular simple present unguards, present participle unguarding, simple past and past participle unguarded)

  1. (transitive) To deprive of a guard
  2. (transitive) to leave unprotected.
    • a. 1768, Laurence Sterne, sermon
      When the gay and smiling aspect of things has begun to leave the passages to a man's heart thus thoughtlessly unguarded

Forms of unguard

third-person singular presentunguards
present participleunguarding
past participleunguarded
pastunguarded

Origin of unguard

From un- + guard.

Questions about unguard

What does unguard mean?
Unguard means to deprive of a guard.
What part of speech is unguard?
Unguard is a verb.
What is the past tense of unguard?
The past tense of unguard is unguarded.

Words near unguard in the dictionary

  1. ungual
  2. unguals
  3. unguanoed
  4. unguaranteeable
  5. unguaranteed
  6. unguard
  7. unguardable
  8. unguarded
  9. unguardedly
  10. unguardedness
  11. unguardednesses

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