untile
untile verb: to remove the tiles from.
Verb
untile (third-person singular simple present untiles, present participle untiling, simple past and past participle untiled)
- To remove the tiles from.
- But before they went, Sir W. Batten and my lady did begin to taunt them, but the rogues answered them as high as themselves, and swore they would come again, and called me rogue and rebel, and they would bring the sheriff and untile his house, before he should harbour a rebel in his house, and that...1663 March 2 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “February 21st, 1662–1663”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume III...
- As soon as he arrived, he prepared to force his way into the house, but it was found so impracticable that at length they were obliged to untile part of the roof, from whence a person descended, and opened the door to those who did not choose so dangerous an entrance as that through which he had...1762, Sarah Scott, A Description of Millennium Hall
Forms of untile
| third-person singular present | untiles |
|---|---|
| present participle | untiling |
| past participle | untiled |
| past | untiled |
Origin of untile
From Middle English untylle; equivalent to un- + tile.
Questions about untile
- What does untile mean?
- Untile means to remove the tiles from.
- What part of speech is untile?
- Untile is a verb.
- What is the past tense of untile?
- The past tense of untile is untiled.
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