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unscreen

unscreen verb: to reveal by removing a screen.

Verb

unscreen (third-person singular simple present unscreens, present participle unscreening, simple past and past participle unscreened)

  1. (figuratively, sometimes, transitive) To reveal by removing a screen.
    • Rembrandt's paintings undertake an unscreening and excoriation of the human body[…]2005, Stephen Barber, Jean Genet
    • The mist dispersed to unscreen a scattering of stars which in turn retreated as the moon rose to lean over the shoulder of the hill like a curious neighbour leaning over a fence.2012, Lillian Beckwith, The Small Party (Bello)

Forms of unscreen

third-person singular presentunscreens
present participleunscreening
past participleunscreened
pastunscreened

Origin of unscreen

From un- + screen.

Questions about unscreen

What does unscreen mean?
Unscreen means to reveal by removing a screen.
What part of speech is unscreen?
Unscreen is a verb.
What is the past tense of unscreen?
The past tense of unscreen is unscreened.

Words near unscreen in the dictionary

  1. unscratchability
  2. unscratchable
  3. unscratched
  4. unscrawled
  5. unscreamed
  6. unscreen
  7. unscreenable
  8. unscreened
  9. unscreening
  10. unscreens
  11. unscrew

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