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unrip

unrip verb: to open by ripping or tearing.

Verb

unrip (third-person singular simple present unrips, present participle unripping, simple past and past participle unripped)

  1. (transitive) To open by ripping or tearing.
    • At length Don Raymond observed that one corner of the blue satin lining was unripped; he tore it open hastily, and drew forth a small scrap of paper […]1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk

Forms of unrip

third-person singular presentunrips
present participleunripping
past participleunripped
pastunripped

Origin of unrip

From un- + rip.

Questions about unrip

What does unrip mean?
Unrip means to open by ripping or tearing.
What part of speech is unrip?
Unrip is a verb.
What is the past tense of unrip?
The past tense of unrip is unripped.

Words near unrip in the dictionary

  1. unrings
  2. unrings a bell
  3. unrinsed
  4. unrioted
  5. unriotous
  6. unrip
  7. unripe
  8. unriped
  9. unripely
  10. unripened
  11. unripened cheese

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