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unshift

unshift verb: to release the shift key on a computer or typewriter keyboard.

Verb

unshift (third-person singular simple present unshifts, present participle unshifting, simple past and past participle unshifted)

  1. (intransitive) To release the shift key on a computer or typewriter keyboard.
  2. (transitive) To add an item to the beginning of an array.

Antonyms of unshift

Forms of unshift

third-person singular presentunshifts
present participleunshifting
past participleunshifted
pastunshifted

Origin of unshift

From un- + shift.

Questions about unshift

What does unshift mean?
Unshift means to release the shift key on a computer or typewriter keyboard.
What part of speech is unshift?
Unshift is a verb.
What is the past tense of unshift?
The past tense of unshift is unshifted.

Words near unshift in the dictionary

  1. unshield
  2. unshieldable
  3. unshielded
  4. unshielding
  5. unshields
  6. unshift
  7. unshiftable
  8. unshiftably
  9. unshifted
  10. unshifting
  11. unshiftingly

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