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unrivet

unrivet verb: to remove or loosen the rivets of.

Verb

unrivet (third-person singular simple present unrivets, present participle unriveting or (especially UK) unrivetting, simple past and past participle unriveted or (especially UK) unrivetted)

  1. (transitive) To remove or loosen the rivets of.

Forms of unrivet

third-person singular presentunrivets
present participleunriveting
present participle UK especiallyunrivetting
past participleunriveted
pastunriveted
past participle UK especiallyunrivetted
past UK especiallyunrivetted

Origin of unrivet

From un- + rivet.

Questions about unrivet

What does unrivet mean?
Unrivet means to remove or loosen the rivets of.
What part of speech is unrivet?
Unrivet is a verb.
What is the past tense of unrivet?
The past tense of unrivet is unriveted.

Words near unrivet in the dictionary

  1. unrivallable
  2. unrivalled
  3. unrivalledly
  4. unrivalrous
  5. unriven
  6. unrivet
  7. unriveted
  8. unriveting
  9. unrivets
  10. unrivetted
  11. unrivetting

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