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unpoint

unpoint verb: to move out of a pointed posture.

Verb

unpoint (third-person singular simple present unpoints, present participle unpointing, simple past and past participle unpointed)

  1. (transitive) To move out of a pointed posture.
    • Ask the patient to continue to take deep breaths, exercise the legs gently, and point and unpoint the toes.2019, Susan King Strasinger, Marjorie Schaub Di Lorenzo, The Phlebotomy Textbook, page 232

Forms of unpoint

third-person singular presentunpoints
present participleunpointing
past participleunpointed
pastunpointed

Origin of unpoint

From un- + point.

Questions about unpoint

What does unpoint mean?
Unpoint means to move out of a pointed posture.
What part of speech is unpoint?
Unpoint is a verb.
What is the past tense of unpoint?
The past tense of unpoint is unpointed.

Words near unpoint in the dictionary

  1. unpoetized
  2. unpoetizes
  3. unpoetizing
  4. unpog
  5. unpoignant
  6. unpoint
  7. unpointed
  8. unpointedness
  9. unpointing
  10. unpoints
  11. unpoise

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