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unhelmet

unhelmet verb: to remove the helmet from.

Verb

unhelmet (third-person singular simple present unhelmets, present participle unhelmeting, simple past and past participle unhelmeted)

  1. (transitive) To remove the helmet from.
    • In spite of all that Durward could say of the slightness of his hurt, he was compelled to dismount, and to seat himself on a bank, and unhelmet himself1823, [Walter Scott], Quentin Durward. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC
  2. (intransitive) To take off a helmet
    • Due to security protocols—ones I had devised—I had to unhelmet at the front gate and a guard with a slavering dog met me in the circular drive.2005, Faith Hunter, Dark Heir

Forms of unhelmet

third-person singular presentunhelmets
present participleunhelmeting
past participleunhelmeted
pastunhelmeted

Origin of unhelmet

From un- + helmet.

Questions about unhelmet

What does unhelmet mean?
Unhelmet means to remove the helmet from.
What part of speech is unhelmet?
Unhelmet is a verb.
What is the past tense of unhelmet?
The past tense of unhelmet is unhelmeted.

Words near unhelmet in the dictionary

  1. unheles
  2. unheling
  3. unhellish
  4. unhelm
  5. unhelmed
  6. unhelmet
  7. unhelmeted
  8. unhelmeting
  9. unhelmets
  10. unhelming
  11. unhelms

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