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unshutting

unshutting is the present participle and gerund of unshut.

Meaning of unshut

Verb

unshut (third-person singular simple present unshuts, present participle unshutting, simple past and past participle unshut)

  1. (archaic) To open (a door, window etc.).
    • ANd anone as he had vnshet the wyndowe the enchaūtement was gone / thēne he knewe hym self that he had done amys / Allas he sayd that I haue lyued so long now I am shamed / Soo thenne he gat his swerd in his hand and said thow traitresse what arte thow that I haue layn by alle this nyghte / thow...1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “iij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XI

Questions about unshutting

What is unshutting the present participle and gerund of?
Unshutting is the present participle and gerund of unshut.

Words near unshutting in the dictionary

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

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