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unscissoring

unscissoring is the present participle and gerund of unscissor.

Meaning of unscissor

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

Questions about unscissoring

What is unscissoring the present participle and gerund of?
Unscissoring is the present participle and gerund of unscissor.

Words near unscissoring in the dictionary

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

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