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unskeining

unskeining is the present participle and gerund of unskein.

Meaning of unskein

Verb

unskein (third-person singular simple present unskeins, present participle unskeining, simple past and past participle unskeined)

  1. To unwind from a skein
    • "Jess ... is assisting the hostess to unskein yarn and wind into a ball"2003, Kay Armatage, The Girl from God's Country: Nell Shipman and the Silent, page 56
  2. To unfurl, as if from a skein
    • "In the sunshine his [Custer's] locks unskeined, stream a foot behind him"1865, American Newspaper

Questions about unskeining

What is unskeining the present participle and gerund of?
Unskeining is the present participle and gerund of unskein.

Words near unskeining in the dictionary

  1. unsized
  2. unskaithed
  3. unskated
  4. unskein
  5. unskeined
  6. unskeining
  7. unskeins
  8. unskeletonized
  9. unskeptical
  10. unskeptically
  11. unsketchable

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