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unrove

unrove verb: to separate textiles that have been roved or twisted together.

Verb

unrove (third-person singular simple present unroves, present participle unroving, simple past and past participle unroved)

  1. (transitive) To separate textiles that have been roved or twisted together.
    • Course length measurements can be obtained by unroving the yarn from a knitted fabric but this is time consuming, destructive of material and only provides the information after knitting.2014, David J. Spencer, Knitting Technology, page 246

Forms of unrove

third-person singular presentunroves
present participleunroving
past participleunroved
pastunroved

Origin of unrove

From un- + rove.

Questions about unrove

What does unrove mean?
Unrove means to separate textiles that have been roved or twisted together.
What part of speech is unrove?
Unrove is a verb.
What is the past tense of unrove?
The past tense of unrove is unroved.

Words near unrove in the dictionary

  1. unrousing
  2. unroutable
  3. unrouteable
  4. unrouted
  5. unroutinized
  6. unrove
  7. unroved
  8. unroven
  9. unroves
  10. unroving
  11. unrowed

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