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unmooring

unmooring is the present participle and gerund of unmoor.

Meaning of unmoor

Verb

unmoor (third-person singular simple present unmoors, present participle unmooring, simple past and past participle unmoored)

  1. (transitive) To unfix or unsecure (a moored boat).
    • “It would’ve taken him a half-hour to unmoor the boat.”2007 August 2, Ellen Barry, “U.S. Halts Heating Oil Deliveries by Two Companies Accused of Swindling”, in New York Times
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To set free or loose.
    • When oblivion finally unmoors us.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 93
  3. (intransitive) To weigh anchor.

Questions about unmooring

What is unmooring the present participle and gerund of?
Unmooring is the present participle and gerund of unmoor.

Words near unmooring in the dictionary

  1. unmonumental
  2. unmonumented
  3. unmoor
  4. unmoored
  5. unmooredness
  6. unmooring
  7. unmoors
  8. unmooted
  9. unmopped
  10. unmoral
  11. unmoralised

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