unshutter
unshutter verb: to open or remove the shutters of.
Verb
unshutter (third-person singular simple present unshutters, present participle unshuttering, simple past and past participle unshuttered)
- To open or remove the shutters of.
- First he unshuttered the little lattice-window of the room on the ground floor; a simple operation enough, for the shutter was a mere wooden flap, which was closed over the window at night, and bolted with a wooden bolt on the outside1859–1861, [Thomas Hughes], Tom Brown at Oxford: […], (please specify |part=1 or 2), Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, published 1861, →OCLC
Forms of unshutter
| third-person singular present | unshutters |
|---|---|
| present participle | unshuttering |
| past participle | unshuttered |
| past | unshuttered |
Origin of unshutter
From un- + shutter.
Questions about unshutter
- What does unshutter mean?
- Unshutter means to open or remove the shutters of.
- What part of speech is unshutter?
- Unshutter is a verb.
- What is the past tense of unshutter?
- The past tense of unshutter is unshuttered.
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