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unruffles

unruffles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unruffle.

Meaning of unruffle

Verb

unruffle (third-person singular simple present unruffles, present participle unruffling, simple past and past participle unruffled)

  1. (transitive) To remove ruffles from; to make smooth.
  2. (transitive) To calm or soothe (a person).
  3. (intransitive) To calm down.
    • [The old man] stood grinning like a gnome, obviously delighted to watch me flush and ruffle and then gradually unflush and unruffle.2000, Robert Grant, The Gift of Lack: Short Stories and Other Writings, page 73

Questions about unruffles

What is unruffles the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Unruffles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unruffle.

Words near unruffles in the dictionary

  1. unruffed
  2. unrufflable
  3. unruffle
  4. unruffled
  5. unruffledness
  6. unruffles
  7. unruffling
  8. unrug
  9. unrugged
  10. unruggedized
  11. unrugging

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