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unkenneling

unkenneling is the present participle and gerund of unkennel.

Meaning of unkennel

Verb

unkennel (third-person singular simple present unkennels, present participle (US) unkenneling or (UK) unkennelling, simple past and past participle (US) unkenneled or (UK) unkennelled)

  1. (transitive) To scare out from a lair or a den.
  2. (transitive) To let (dogs) out of a kennel.
  3. (ambitransitive, figuratively) To reveal, uncover or unfold.
    • Hamlet:
      […]There is a play to-night before the king;
      One scene of it comes near the circumstance
      Which I have told thee of my father's death:
      I prithee, when thou seest that act afoot,
      Even with the very comment of thy soul
      Observe mine uncle: if his occulted guilt
      Do not itself unkennel in one...c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Forms of unkenneling

alternative formunkennelling

Questions about unkenneling

What is unkenneling the present participle and gerund of?
Unkenneling is the present participle and gerund of unkennel.

Words near unkenneling in the dictionary

  1. unken reflex
  2. unkend
  3. unkenned
  4. unkennel
  5. unkenneled
  6. unkenneling
  7. unkennelled
  8. unkennelling
  9. unkennels
  10. unkenning
  11. unkenreflex

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unkenneling (page history and authors); unkennel (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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