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unspring

unspring verb: to release or be released by means of a spring.

Verb

unspring (third-person singular simple present unsprings, present participle unspringing, simple past unsprang or unsprung, past participle unsprung)

  1. (ambitransitive) To release or be released by means of a spring.
    • There was a click and the unspringing of a latch.2010, Elizabeth Mirabel Sain, Gift with Purchase
  2. (transitive) To undo the springing of (a mechanism).
    • to unspring a trap

Forms of unspring

third-person singular presentunsprings
present participleunspringing
pastunsprang
pastunsprung
past participleunsprung

Origin of unspring

From un- + spring.

Questions about unspring

What does unspring mean?
Unspring means to release or be released by means of a spring.
What part of speech is unspring?
Unspring is a verb.
What is the past tense of unspring?
The past tense of unspring is unsprang.

Words near unspring in the dictionary

  1. unspreadable
  2. unspreading
  3. unspreads
  4. unsprightliness
  5. unsprightly
  6. unspring
  7. unspringed
  8. unspringing
  9. unspringlike
  10. unsprings
  11. unspringy

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