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unnest

unnest verb: to dislodge from a nest.

Verb

unnest (third-person singular simple present unnests, present participle unnesting, simple past and past participle unnested)

  1. To dislodge from a nest.
    Synonyms:
    disnest
  2. To separate objects that have been nested or placed one inside the other.
    • The eye unnested from the head, cannot see1629, Thomas Adams, Sermons
    • She unnested the coffee cans and used the top one as an ashtray.1988, Edmund White, chapter 1, in The Beautiful Room is Empty, New York: Vintage International, published 1994

Synonyms of unnest

Forms of unnest

third-person singular presentunnests
present participleunnesting
past participleunnested
pastunnested

Origin of unnest

From un- + nest.

Questions about unnest

What does unnest mean?
Unnest means to dislodge from a nest.
What part of speech is unnest?
Unnest is a verb.
What is the past tense of unnest?
The past tense of unnest is unnested.

Words near unnest in the dictionary

  1. unnerving
  2. unnervingly
  3. unnervingness
  4. unnervous
  5. unnessary
  6. unnest
  7. unnestable
  8. unnested
  9. unnesting
  10. unnestle
  11. unnestled

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