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unpress

unpress verb: to release the pressure on (a switch or button), so that it is no longer pressed.

Verb

unpress (third-person singular simple present unpresses, present participle unpressing, simple past and past participle unpressed)

  1. (transitive) To release the pressure on (a switch or button), so that it is no longer pressed.

Forms of unpress

third-person singular presentunpresses
present participleunpressing
past participleunpressed
pastunpressed

Origin of unpress

From un- + press.

Questions about unpress

What does unpress mean?
Unpress means to release the pressure on (a switch or button), so that it is no longer pressed.
What part of speech is unpress?
Unpress is a verb.
What is the past tense of unpress?
The past tense of unpress is unpressed.

Words near unpress in the dictionary

  1. unpresented
  2. unpreservable
  3. unpreserved
  4. unpresidented
  5. unpresidential
  6. unpress
  7. unpressable
  8. unpressed
  9. unpresses
  10. unpressing
  11. unpressingly

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