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unkilt

unkilt verb: to loosen (a skirt) so that it is no longer gathered up around the body.

Verb

unkilt (third-person singular simple present unkilts, present participle unkilting, simple past and past participle unkilted)

  1. (transitive) To loosen (a skirt) so that it is no longer gathered up around the body.

Forms of unkilt

third-person singular presentunkilts
present participleunkilting
past participleunkilted
pastunkilted

Origin of unkilt

From un- + kilt.

Questions about unkilt

What does unkilt mean?
Unkilt means to loosen (a skirt) so that it is no longer gathered up around the body.
What part of speech is unkilt?
Unkilt is a verb.
What is the past tense of unkilt?
The past tense of unkilt is unkilted.

Words near unkilt in the dictionary

  1. unkillableness
  2. unkilled
  3. unkilling
  4. unkills
  5. unkilned
  6. unkilt
  7. unkilted
  8. unkilting
  9. unkilts
  10. unkind
  11. unkindeness

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