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unshuttering

unshuttering is the present participle and gerund of unshutter.

Meaning of unshutter

Verb

unshutter (third-person singular simple present unshutters, present participle unshuttering, simple past and past participle unshuttered)

  1. (transitive) 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

Questions about unshuttering

What is unshuttering the present participle and gerund of?
Unshuttering is the present participle and gerund of unshutter.

Words near unshuttering in the dictionary

  1. unshushable
  2. unshut
  3. unshuts
  4. unshutter
  5. unshuttered
  6. unshuttering
  7. unshutters
  8. unshutting
  9. unshy
  10. unshyly
  11. unshyness

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