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unlay

unlay verb: to untwist.

Verb

unlay (third-person singular simple present unlays, present participle unlaying, simple past and past participle unlaid)

  1. (transitive) To untwist.
    • to unlay a rope

Forms of unlay

third-person singular presentunlays
present participleunlaying
past participleunlaid
pastunlaid

Origin of unlay

From un- + lay.

Words that rhyme with unlay

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Questions about unlay

What does unlay mean?
Unlay means to untwist.
What part of speech is unlay?
Unlay is a verb.
What is the past tense of unlay?
The past tense of unlay is unlaid.

Words near unlay in the dictionary

  1. unlawyerly
  2. unlax
  3. unlaxed
  4. unlaxes
  5. unlaxing
  6. unlay
  7. unlayable
  8. unlayered
  9. unlaying
  10. unlays
  11. unlazy

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