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unswivel

unswivel verb: to release or remove by swivelling; to swivel back again.

Verb

unswivel (third-person singular simple present unswivels, present participle (US) unswiveling or (UK) unswivelling, simple past and past participle (US) unswiveled or (UK) unswivelled)

  1. (transitive) To release or remove by swivelling; to swivel back again.

Forms of unswivel

third-person singular presentunswivels
present participle USunswiveling
present participle UKunswivelling
past participle USunswiveled
past USunswiveled
past participle UKunswivelled
past UKunswivelled

Origin of unswivel

From un- + swivel.

Questions about unswivel

What does unswivel mean?
Unswivel means to release or remove by swivelling; to swivel back again.
What part of speech is unswivel?
Unswivel is a verb.
What is the past tense of unswivel?
The past tense of unswivel is unswiveled.

Words near unswivel in the dictionary

  1. unswirling
  2. unswirls
  3. unswitchable
  4. unswitched
  5. unswitchoffable
  6. unswivel
  7. unswiveled
  8. unswiveling
  9. unswivelled
  10. unswivelling
  11. unswivels

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