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unjewel

unjewel verb: to remove the jewels from.

Verb

unjewel (third-person singular simple present unjewels, present participle (US) unjeweling or (UK) unjewelling, simple past and past participle (US) unjeweled or (UK) unjewelled)

  1. (transitive) To remove the jewels from.
    • "If I unplume and unjewel my cap," said the youth, tearing off, as he spoke, the feather and brooch that were its ornaments, and dashing them to the earth, […]1841, Blackwood's Lady's Magazine, volume X, page 306

Forms of unjewel

third-person singular presentunjewels
present participle USunjeweling
present participle UKunjewelling
past participle USunjeweled
past USunjeweled
past participle UKunjewelled
past UKunjewelled

Origin of unjewel

From un- + jewel.

Questions about unjewel

What does unjewel mean?
Unjewel means to remove the jewels from.
What part of speech is unjewel?
Unjewel is a verb.
What is the past tense of unjewel?
The past tense of unjewel is unjeweled.

Words near unjewel in the dictionary

  1. unjerks
  2. unjessed
  3. unjesting
  4. unjesuitical
  5. unjettisoned
  6. unjewel
  7. unjeweled
  8. unjeweling
  9. unjewelled
  10. unjewelling
  11. unjewels

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