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unharness

unharness verb: to remove the harness from a horse etc.

Verb

unharness (third-person singular simple present unharnesses, present participle unharnessing, simple past and past participle unharnessed)

  1. (transitive) to remove the harness from a horse etc.
  2. (broadly, transitive) to liberate

Forms of unharness

third-person singular presentunharnesses
present participleunharnessing
past participleunharnessed
pastunharnessed

Origin of unharness

From un- + harness.

Questions about unharness

What does unharness mean?
Unharness means to remove the harness from a horse etc.
What part of speech is unharness?
Unharness is a verb.
What is the past tense of unharness?
The past tense of unharness is unharnessed.

Words near unharness in the dictionary

  1. unharmonize
  2. unharmonized
  3. unharmonizes
  4. unharmonizing
  5. unharmony
  6. unharness
  7. unharnessable
  8. unharnessed
  9. unharnesses
  10. unharnessing
  11. unharped

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