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unreeling

unreeling is the present participle and gerund of unreel.

Meaning of unreel

Verb

unreel (third-person singular simple present unreels, present participle unreeling, simple past and past participle unreeled)

  1. (transitive) To remove or uncoil from a reel.
    Synonyms:
    reel out

Questions about unreeling

What is unreeling the present participle and gerund of?
Unreeling is the present participle and gerund of unreel.

Words near unreeling in the dictionary

  1. unreel
  2. unreelable
  3. unreeled
  4. unreeler
  5. unreelers
  6. unreeling
  7. unreels
  8. unreeve
  9. unreeved
  10. unreeves
  11. unreeving

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unreeling (page history and authors); unreel (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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