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UNSTRAP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unstrap mean?
• UNSTRAP (verb)
The verb UNSTRAP has 1 sense:
1. remove the strap or straps from
Familiarity information: UNSTRAP used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they unstrap ... he / she / it unstraps
Past simple: unstrapped
Past participle: unstrapped
-ing form: unstrapping
... he / she / it unstraps Past simple: unstrapped
Past participle: unstrapped
-ing form: unstrapping
Sense 1
Meaning:
Remove the strap or straps from
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "unstrap" is one way to...):
undo (cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Antonym:
strap (tie with a strap)
Context examples
He unstrapped the tin bucket and began to bale the pool.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
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