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unwheel

unwheel verb: to remove the wheel or wheels from.

Verb

unwheel (third-person singular simple present unwheels, present participle unwheeling, simple past and past participle unwheeled)

  1. (transitive) To remove the wheel or wheels from.
    • I was also aware that if I did not unwheel the engine on the first shift that it would probably be unwheeled by Mr. Bryant.1936, United States. National Railroad Adjustment Board, Awards of the Second Division (volume 66, issues 6212–6264, page 8)

Forms of unwheel

third-person singular presentunwheels
present participleunwheeling
past participleunwheeled
pastunwheeled

Origin of unwheel

From un- + wheel.

Questions about unwheel

What does unwheel mean?
Unwheel means to remove the wheel or wheels from.
What part of speech is unwheel?
Unwheel is a verb.
What is the past tense of unwheel?
The past tense of unwheel is unwheeled.

Words near unwheel in the dictionary

  1. unwesternized
  2. unwet
  3. unwettable
  4. unwetted
  5. unwhacked
  6. unwheel
  7. unwheeled
  8. unwheeling
  9. unwheels
  10. unwhelm
  11. unwhelmed

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