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untwig

untwig verb: to remove twigs from.

Verb

untwig (third-person singular simple present untwigs, present participle untwigging, simple past and past participle untwigged)

  1. To remove twigs from.
    • [I]t is therfore ordered and agreed, by aucthorytye of this assembly, that all and every cooper within this citty and franches therof shall twigge every of his hoopes and pynn them, upon paine of forfeiture of his or their Forfeiture. barrelles or other their vesselles untwigged, and that withall...1617 [1892], John A. Gilbert, Calendar of Ancient Records of Dublin, volume III, Dublin: Joseph Dollard, page 77
    • But the truth was her pantaloons came down to her ankles, and when she got her leg of one caught in a twig, she nearly fainted with horror while Murial Jane untwigged it.1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 19

Forms of untwig

third-person singular presentuntwigs
present participleuntwigging
past participleuntwigged
pastuntwigged

Origin of untwig

From un- + twig.

Questions about untwig

What does untwig mean?
Untwig means to remove twigs from.
What part of speech is untwig?
Untwig is a verb.
What is the past tense of untwig?
The past tense of untwig is untwigged.

Words near untwig in the dictionary

  1. untweakable
  2. untweaked
  3. untweetable
  4. untweeted
  5. untwiddled
  6. untwig
  7. untwigged
  8. untwigging
  9. untwigs
  10. untwilled
  11. untwine

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