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unwinch

unwinch verb: to remove from a winch.

Verb

unwinch (third-person singular simple present unwinches, present participle unwinching, simple past and past participle unwinched)

  1. (transitive) To remove from a winch.

Forms of unwinch

third-person singular presentunwinches
present participleunwinching
past participleunwinched
pastunwinched

Origin of unwinch

From un- + winch.

Questions about unwinch

What does unwinch mean?
Unwinch means to remove from a winch.
What part of speech is unwinch?
Unwinch is a verb.
What is the past tense of unwinch?
The past tense of unwinch is unwinched.

Words near unwinch in the dictionary

  1. unwilted
  2. unwilting
  3. unwily
  4. unwimpy
  5. Unwin
  6. unwinch
  7. unwinched
  8. unwinches
  9. unwinching
  10. unwincing
  11. unwincingly

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