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unshake

unshake verb: to retract; to unfold.

Verb

unshake (third-person singular simple present unshakes, present participle unshaking, simple past unshook, past participle unshaken)

  1. (rare) To retract; to unfold.

Forms of unshake

third-person singular presentunshakes
present participleunshaking
pastunshook
past participleunshaken

Origin of unshake

From un- + shake.

Questions about unshake

What does unshake mean?
Unshake means to retract; to unfold.
What part of speech is unshake?
Unshake is a verb.
What is the past tense of unshake?
The past tense of unshake is unshook.

Words near unshake in the dictionary

  1. unshagged
  2. unshakability
  3. unshakable
  4. unshakableness
  5. unshakably
  6. unshake
  7. unshakeability
  8. unshakeable
  9. unshakeableness
  10. unshakeably
  11. unshaked

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