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unslide

unslide verb: to slide back; to open or unfasten by sliding.

Verb

unslide (third-person singular simple present unslides, present participle unsliding, simple past and past participle unslid)

  1. (transitive) To slide back; to open or unfasten by sliding.
    • Cleon stepped cautiously forward; and unsliding the bolt, by means of a small pin outside, he half opened the door.1848, Elizabeth Lynn Linton, Amymone: A Romance of the Days of Pericles, volume 1, page 160

Forms of unslide

third-person singular presentunslides
present participleunsliding
past participleunslid
pastunslid

Origin of unslide

From un- + slide.

Questions about unslide

What does unslide mean?
Unslide means to slide back; to open or unfasten by sliding.
What part of speech is unslide?
Unslide is a verb.
What is the past tense of unslide?
The past tense of unslide is unslid.

Words near unslide in the dictionary

  1. unsliced
  2. unslices
  3. unslicing
  4. unslick
  5. unslid
  6. unslide
  7. unslides
  8. unsliding
  9. unslighted
  10. unslim
  11. unslimed

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