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unwomb

unwomb verb: to remove from the womb.

Verb

unwomb (third-person singular simple present unwombs, present participle unwombing, simple past and past participle unwombed)

  1. (poetic, transitive) To remove from the womb.
    • Dear, this midnight time unwombs
      Thousands just as rare and beautiful1909, Thomas Hardy, “In Childbed”, in Time's Laughingstocks and Other Verses, London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC, page 156

Forms of unwomb

third-person singular presentunwombs
present participleunwombing
past participleunwombed
pastunwombed

Origin of unwomb

From un- + womb.

Questions about unwomb

What does unwomb mean?
Unwomb means to remove from the womb.
What part of speech is unwomb?
Unwomb is a verb.
What is the past tense of unwomb?
The past tense of unwomb is unwombed.

Words near unwomb in the dictionary

  1. unwomanliness
  2. unwomanly
  3. unwomanned
  4. unwomanning
  5. unwomans
  6. unwomb
  7. unwombed
  8. unwombing
  9. unwombs
  10. unwomen
  11. unwon

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