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unscissor

unscissor verb: to become uncrossed or separate, like a pair of scissors opening.

Verb

unscissor (third-person singular simple present unscissors, present participle unscissoring, simple past and past participle unscissored)

  1. To become uncrossed or separate, like a pair of scissors opening
    • The jaws unscissor and the monster thrashes off in spirals.2001, David Mitchell, chapter 1, in number9dream, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN

Forms of unscissor

third-person singular presentunscissors
present participleunscissoring
past participleunscissored
pastunscissored

Questions about unscissor

What does unscissor mean?
Unscissor means to become uncrossed or separate, like a pair of scissors opening.
What part of speech is unscissor?
Unscissor is a verb.
What is the past tense of unscissor?
The past tense of unscissor is unscissored.

Words near unscissor in the dictionary

  1. unscientifical
  2. unscientifically
  3. unscientificness
  4. unscintillating
  5. unscioned
  6. unscissor
  7. unscissored
  8. unscissoring
  9. unscissors
  10. unsclerotic
  11. unsclerotised

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