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unsnatch

unsnatch verb: to release or let go that which has been snatched or grabbed.

Verb

unsnatch (third-person singular simple present unsnatches, present participle unsnatching, simple past and past participle unsnatched)

  1. To release or let go that which has been snatched or grabbed.
  2. To retrieve something that was snatched.
    • As soon as the royal sheeve-hole comes below the cap, pass the lizard, securing it with a couple of half hitches, and lower away through lubber's hole; land it on deck with the heel aft, unsnatch the mast-rope. In the mean time, the new mast has been cleared away , laid alongside the old one, and...1871, Alfred Henry Alston, William Henry Rosser, R. H. Harris, May (Staff-Commander.), Captain Alston's Seamanship, page 389

Forms of unsnatch

third-person singular presentunsnatches
present participleunsnatching
past participleunsnatched
pastunsnatched

Origin of unsnatch

From un- + snatch.

Questions about unsnatch

What does unsnatch mean?
Unsnatch means to release or let go that which has been snatched or grabbed.
What part of speech is unsnatch?
Unsnatch is a verb.
What is the past tense of unsnatch?
The past tense of unsnatch is unsnatched.

Words near unsnatch in the dictionary

  1. unsnaring
  2. unsnarl
  3. unsnarled
  4. unsnarling
  5. unsnarls
  6. unsnatch
  7. unsnatched
  8. unsnatches
  9. unsnatching
  10. unsneck
  11. unsnecked

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