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unplant

unplant verb: to dig up and remove (something planted).

Verb

unplant (third-person singular simple present unplants, present participle unplanting, simple past and past participle unplanted)

  1. (transitive) To dig up and remove (something planted).
    • But if you then decide you can afford to plant the trees anyway, whatever the effect on the landscape, flora and fauna, nobody can stop you — and again, no-one is going to ask you to unplant them once they're in the ground.1986, Scottish Field, volume 132, page xx
    • Anything you build or plant on your neighbor's land you might have to unbuild or unplant in the future.2003, Barbara Damrosch, The Garden Primer, page 5

Forms of unplant

third-person singular presentunplants
present participleunplanting
past participleunplanted
pastunplanted

Origin of unplant

From un- + plant.

Questions about unplant

What does unplant mean?
Unplant means to dig up and remove (something planted).
What part of speech is unplant?
Unplant is a verb.
What is the past tense of unplant?
The past tense of unplant is unplanted.

Words near unplant in the dictionary

  1. unplanned
  2. unplannedly
  3. unplannedness
  4. unplanning
  5. unplans
  6. unplant
  7. unplantable
  8. unplanted
  9. unplanting
  10. unplantlike
  11. unplants

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