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unwhip

unwhip verb: to unbind the end of a rope that was previously whipped or bound up to prevent its unlaying.

Verb

unwhip (third-person singular simple present unwhips, present participle unwhipping, simple past and past participle unwhipped)

  1. (transitive) To unbind the end of a rope that was previously whipped or bound up to prevent its unlaying.
  2. (intransitive) To become unbound in this way.

Forms of unwhip

third-person singular presentunwhips
present participleunwhipping
past participleunwhipped
pastunwhipped

Origin of unwhip

From un- + whip.

Questions about unwhip

What does unwhip mean?
Unwhip means to unbind the end of a rope that was previously whipped or bound up to prevent its unlaying.
What part of speech is unwhip?
Unwhip is a verb.
What is the past tense of unwhip?
The past tense of unwhip is unwhipped.

Words near unwhip in the dictionary

  1. unwhigging
  2. unwhigs
  3. unwhimsical
  4. unwhimsically
  5. unwhining
  6. unwhip
  7. unwhippable
  8. unwhipped
  9. unwhipped of justice
  10. unwhipping
  11. unwhips

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