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unsour

unsour verb: to remove the sourness from; to make no longer sour.

Verb

unsour (third-person singular simple present unsours, present participle unsouring, simple past and past participle unsoured)

  1. (transitive) To remove the sourness from; to make no longer sour.
    • He'd worked in the dairy industry for thirty-one years, recalling how in the past, when regulations were less stringent, they'd worked out how to unsour old cream, which they made into butter for domestic consumption.2005, Caroline Swain, Upon That Fish: A Portrait of New Zealand in 292 Lifts, page 220
    • The breathing exercise did little to unsour her mood.2016, Andrea R. Cooper, Claimed, page 5

Forms of unsour

third-person singular presentunsours
present participleunsouring
past participleunsoured
pastunsoured

Origin of unsour

From un- + sour.

Questions about unsour

What does unsour mean?
Unsour means to remove the sourness from; to make no longer sour.
What part of speech is unsour?
Unsour is a verb.
What is the past tense of unsour?
The past tense of unsour is unsoured.

Words near unsour in the dictionary

  1. unsoundest
  2. unsounding
  3. unsoundly
  4. unsoundness
  5. unsoundnesses
  6. unsour
  7. unsourceable
  8. unsourced
  9. unsoured
  10. unsouring
  11. unsours

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