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unstain

unstain verb: to remove a stain from.

Verb

unstain (third-person singular simple present unstains, present participle unstaining, simple past and past participle unstained)

  1. (transitive) To remove a stain from.
    • I need to unstain my shirt by tomorrow.

Forms of unstain

third-person singular presentunstains
present participleunstaining
past participleunstained
pastunstained

Origin of unstain

From un- + stain.

Questions about unstain

What does unstain mean?
Unstain means to remove a stain from.
What part of speech is unstain?
Unstain is a verb.
What is the past tense of unstain?
The past tense of unstain is unstained.

Words near unstain in the dictionary

  1. unstaging
  2. unstagnating
  3. unstagy
  4. unstaid
  5. unstaidness
  6. unstain
  7. unstainable
  8. unstained
  9. unstainedly
  10. unstainedness
  11. unstaining

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