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unhitched

unhitched is the simple past and past participle of unhitch.

Adjective

unhitched (comparative more unhitched, superlative most unhitched)

  1. Unattached.
  2. Unmarried; single.

Meaning of unhitch

Verb

unhitch (third-person singular simple present unhitches, present participle unhitching, simple past and past participle unhitched)

  1. To disconnect; to detach; to undo that which is hitched.
    • There is no knowing what further mischief she might have done, had not York promptly sat himself down flat on her head, to prevent her struggling, at the same time calling out, "Unbuckle the black horse! run for the winch and unscrew the carriage pole; cut the trace here—somebody, if you can't...[1877], Anna Sewell, “A Strike for Liberty”, in Black Beauty: […], London: Jarrold and Sons, […], →OCLC, part II, pages 106–107

Forms of unhitched

comparativemore unhitched
superlativemost unhitched

Questions about unhitched

What does unhitched mean?
Unhitched means unattached.
What is unhitched the simple past and past participle of?
Unhitched is the simple past and past participle of unhitch.
What part of speech is unhitched?
Unhitched is an adjective.

Words near unhitched in the dictionary

  1. unhistories
  2. unhistory
  3. unhistrionic
  4. unhit
  5. unhitch
  6. unhitched
  7. unhitches
  8. unhitching
  9. unhittability
  10. unhittable
  11. unhive

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unhitched (page history and authors); unhitch (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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