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unstripping

unstripping is the present participle and gerund of unstrip.

Meaning of unstrip

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

Questions about unstripping

What is unstripping the present participle and gerund of?
Unstripping is the present participle and gerund of unstrip.

Words near unstripping in the dictionary

  1. unstringing
  2. unstrings
  3. unstrip
  4. unstriped
  5. unstripped
  6. unstripping
  7. unstrips
  8. unstriving
  9. unstrokable
  10. unstroked
  11. unstrong

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unstripping (page history and authors); unstrip (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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