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unrake

unrake verb: to rake back (the ashes or embers of a fire).

Verb

unrake (third-person singular simple present unrakes, present participle unraking, simple past and past participle unraked)

  1. (transitive) To rake back (the ashes or embers of a fire).

Forms of unrake

third-person singular presentunrakes
present participleunraking
past participleunraked
pastunraked

Origin of unrake

From un- + rake.

Questions about unrake

What does unrake mean?
Unrake means to rake back (the ashes or embers of a fire).
What part of speech is unrake?
Unrake is a verb.
What is the past tense of unrake?
The past tense of unrake is unraked.

Words near unrake in the dictionary

  1. unrained
  2. unraining
  3. unrainy
  4. unraisable
  5. unraised
  6. unrake
  7. unraked
  8. unrakes
  9. unraking
  10. unrakish
  11. unrallied

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