unpinning
unpinning is the present participle and gerund of unpin.
Meaning of unpin
Verb
unpin (third-person singular simple present unpins, present participle unpinning, simple past and past participle unpinned)
- To unfasten by removing a pin.
- Lady Bellaston answered with a smile, “Then you have seen this terrible man, madam; pray, is he so very fine a figure as he is represented? for Etoff entertained me last night almost two hours with him. The wench I believe is in love with him by reputation.” Here the reader will be apt to wonder...1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
- To detach (an icon, application, etc.) from the place where it was previously pinned.
- to unpin a program from the Taskbar
- To undo the pinning or fixing of (an array in memory, a security certificate, etc.) so that it can be modified again.
- […] you can use the GCHandle class mentioned earlier to pin a heap block until you explicitly unpin it.2012, Ian Griffiths, Programming C# 5.0, page 244
- To get (a piece) out of a pin.
Noun
unpinning (plural unpinnings)
- The act of something being unpinned (in any sense); removal of a pin.
Forms of unpinning
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Questions about unpinning
- What does unpinning mean?
- Unpinning means the act of something being unpinned (in any sense); removal of a pin.
- What is unpinning the present participle and gerund of?
- Unpinning is the present participle and gerund of unpin.
- What part of speech is unpinning?
- Unpinning is a noun.
- What is the plural of unpinning?
- The plural of unpinning is unpinnings.
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