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unhoof

unhoof verb: to remove the hooves from.

Verb

unhoof (third-person singular simple present unhoofs, present participle unhoofing, simple past and past participle unhoofed)

  1. To remove the hooves from.
    • We must unhoof the horses and burn the chariots of human strength in the fire, for thus saith the Spirit, “ I will stain the pride of all glory, and bring into contempt all the excellent of the cart ."1862, Charles Haddon Spurgeon, The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit - Volume 7, page 541
    • The following morning Jules's uncle accompanied him, ready to unhoof the wicked mule punch.1956, Lew X. Lansworth, Over the River Charlie: a novel, page 116

Forms of unhoof

third-person singular presentunhoofs
present participleunhoofing
past participleunhoofed
pastunhoofed

Origin of unhoof

From un- + hoof.

Questions about unhoof

What does unhoof mean?
Unhoof means to remove the hooves from.
What part of speech is unhoof?
Unhoof is a verb.
What is the past tense of unhoof?
The past tense of unhoof is unhoofed.

Words near unhoof in the dictionary

  1. unhoods
  2. unhoodwink
  3. unhoodwinked
  4. unhoodwinking
  5. unhoodwinks
  6. unhoof
  7. unhoofed
  8. unhoofing
  9. unhoofs
  10. unhook
  11. unhookable

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