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unstrip

unstrip verb: to strip off.

Verb

unstrip (third-person singular simple present unstrips, present participle unstripping, simple past and past participle unstripped)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To strip off.
    • Unstripping the wrapper, unrolling the paper within, opening out the glazed sheets, she could feel her fingers positively shake with excitement.1924, Gilbert Frankau, Life and Erica, page 72

Forms of unstrip

third-person singular presentunstrips
present participleunstripping
past participleunstripped
pastunstripped

Origin of unstrip

From un- + strip.

Questions about unstrip

What does unstrip mean?
Unstrip means to strip off.
What part of speech is unstrip?
Unstrip is a verb.
What is the past tense of unstrip?
The past tense of unstrip is unstripped.

Words near unstrip in the dictionary

  1. unstring
  2. unstringed
  3. unstringent
  4. unstringing
  5. unstrings
  6. unstrip
  7. unstriped
  8. unstripped
  9. unstripping
  10. unstrips
  11. unstriving

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