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untrap

untrap verb: to free from a trap; to release.

Verb

untrap (third-person singular simple present untraps, present participle untrapping, simple past and past participle untrapped)

  1. (transitive) To free from a trap; to release.
    • to untrap an animal
  2. (transitive) To remove a trap from, so as to make safe.
    • This area is pretty linear, so travel onwards killing Draugr until you see a chest in a wall recess. The chest is trapped, so untrap it and loot it […]2015, GamerGuides.com, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Strategy Guide

Forms of untrap

third-person singular presentuntraps
present participleuntrapping
past participleuntrapped
pastuntrapped

Origin of untrap

From un- + trap.

Questions about untrap

What does untrap mean?
Untrap means to free from a trap; to release.
What part of speech is untrap?
Untrap is a verb.
What is the past tense of untrap?
The past tense of untrap is untrapped.

Words near untrap in the dictionary

  1. untransplanted
  2. untransportable
  3. untransported
  4. untransposed
  5. untransubstantiated
  6. untrap
  7. untrappable
  8. untrapped
  9. untrapping
  10. untraps
  11. untrashed

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