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unhoisting

unhoisting is the present participle and gerund of unhoist.

Meaning of unhoist

Verb

unhoist (third-person singular simple present unhoists, present participle unhoisting, simple past and past participle unhoisted)

  1. (transitive) To bring back down (something previously hoisted).
    • But before we can pursue the mystery we must unhoist ourselves from our own petard.1973, Robin Fox, Encounter With Anthropology, page 13

Questions about unhoisting

What is unhoisting the present participle and gerund of?
Unhoisting is the present participle and gerund of unhoist.

Words near unhoisting in the dictionary

  1. unhocks
  2. unhoed
  3. unhogged
  4. unhoist
  5. unhoisted
  6. unhoisting
  7. unhoists
  8. unhold
  9. unholdability
  10. unholdable
  11. unholden

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