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unstraining

unstraining is the present participle and gerund of unstrain.

Meaning of unstrain

Verb

unstrain (third-person singular simple present unstrains, present participle unstraining, simple past and past participle unstrained)

  1. (transitive) To relieve from strain; to relax.
    • Then, to prison of the night
      Did condemn those sisters bright,
      There for ever to remain,
      'Less they could the knot unstrain1611, Ben Jonson, Love Freed from Ignorance and Folly

Questions about unstraining

What is unstraining the present participle and gerund of?
Unstraining is the present participle and gerund of unstrain.

Words near unstraining in the dictionary

  1. unstraightness
  2. unstrain
  3. unstrainable
  4. unstrained
  5. unstrainedness
  6. unstraining
  7. unstrains
  8. unstraitened
  9. unstraked
  10. unstrand
  11. unstrandable

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