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unswing

unswing verb: to reverse the act of swinging.

Verb

unswing (third-person singular simple present unswings, present participle unswinging, simple past and past participle unswung)

  1. (transitive) To reverse the act of swinging.
    • He watched the crew unswing the boat, get in, and leave the Bessie.1887, Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts
    • He waved his hands helplessly around the hilt of his sword, as if it were surrounded by an invisible shield. He wanted to pull the blade out — to unswing it entirely — but he was afraid to touch it, afraid what would happen if he did.2024, Jim Genzano, Castle and Glass: A Stranger World Adventure

Forms of unswing

third-person singular presentunswings
present participleunswinging
past participleunswung
pastunswung

Origin of unswing

From un- + swing.

Questions about unswing

What does unswing mean?
Unswing means to reverse the act of swinging.
What part of speech is unswing?
Unswing is a verb.
What is the past tense of unswing?
The past tense of unswing is unswung.

Words near unswing in the dictionary

  1. unswerving
  2. unswervingly
  3. unswervingness
  4. unswilled
  5. unswimmable
  6. unswing
  7. unswinging
  8. unswingled
  9. unswings
  10. unswiped
  11. unswirl

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