Concept cluster: Activities > Undoing or unfastening
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(transitive, obsolete) To unbind.
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To remove one or more items from the packaging, container, vehicle, or vessel in which shipped with other items.
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(nautical, transitive) To prepare some object for use by removing obstacles, untying or unfastening it.
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(colloquial) To become disintegrated, to break into parts or pieces.
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Alternative form of despin [The process of despinning.]
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(transitive, medicine) To flush and close (a port (medical appliance)).
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(metallurgy) To remove binders (organic or other binding substances) from (something metal).
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(transitive) To unblock; remove a blockage from.
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The process by which something is deblocked; unblockage.
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One who, or that which, deblocks.
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To remove a bonding agent such as glue, or to free from such a bonding
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To disengage the clutch on a vehicle or other engine with PTO
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(transitive) To uncock; to let down the cock of (a firearm).
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(transitive) To remove the crown of a pineapple, strawberry, etc.
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(transitive) To remove a hook or hooks from.
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(transitive) To remove kinks from.
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To remove the lid from a can.
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(transitive) To unlink, or remove a link from.
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(transitive) To remove from its mounting; to take down from a mounted position.
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To remove the packaging or casing from.
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(transitive) To remove from pallets.
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(physics) To undergo depinning.
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(transitive, intransitive) To unfold, open, or otherwise become ready for use.
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(rare) to reverse a seal.
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(transitive) To remove from a slot of any kind.
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The process of despinning.
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To uncoil, especially a chromonema as part of meiosis
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(transitive) To take apart from; to take off.
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(transitive) To remove the tack (harness, reins, saddle etc.) from a horse.
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(transitive) To strip of a tag or tags; to remove the tags from.
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(transitive) To disentangle, remove tangles from (especially hair).
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(transitive) To disconnect (something previously tethered).
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(transitive) To remove traps from.
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To unload things from a truck.
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(transitive) To unload (goods) from a container.
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(transitive) To detach.
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(transitive) To unbind; to loosen.
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(transitive) To remove the connection between an appliance and an electrical power source.
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(transitive, rare) To untie things which are connected by a cord.
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To free or extricate from confusion
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(transitive) To free from restraint.
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(transitive) To free from being enclosed.
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(transitive, intransitive) To release or loosen from something that binds, entangles, holds, or interlocks.
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(intransitive) To become free or untangled.
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(rare) A person who disentangles.
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(transitive) To free from being entwined or twisted; untwine
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To unwrap or disentangle.
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(obsolete, transitive) To free from the barriers or restrictions of a park.
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(transitive) To uncover; to unfold or unroll; to disentangle.
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(transitive) To uncover.
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The act of one who dismounts.
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(transitive, computing) To copy (data) from a system to another place or system, usually in order to archive it.
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(very rare) To disentangle.
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(obsolete) To set free.
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An unknotting; the act or operation of clearing of knots, or untying.
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(transitive) To separate; divide.
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(transitive) To free, disengage, loosen, or untangle.
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(transitive, intransitive, Scotland) To untwist; to unravel, as the end of a rope.
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(transitive, of clothing) To lengthen by undoing and resewing a hem.
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(transitive, chiefly South Africa) To unsaddle; remove the saddle from.
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to expand, to widen, to unwrap or unfold, to spread out from a compact state
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(South Africa) To release oxen from harness.
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(transitive) To place in a box again; to pack back into a box.
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(transitive) To unreel
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(nautical) To rig again; to outfit a ship with new rigging.
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(intransitive) Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
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To remove the lid of a jar or other container by unscrewing it.
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To unfasten, to loosen (chains, bonds, etc.).
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To separate as if by unraveling.
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(knitting, slang, transitive) To unknit.
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(transitive, Philippines) To untuck; To remove something from a relatively hidden location or position where it is tucked.
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Alternative form of unbreak [(transitive) To do the inverse or opposite of breaking: to mend, restore, heal, or fix; to make no longer broken.]
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To get rid of something previously accumulated.
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(transitive, by extension) To liberate.
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(intransitive) To remove one's armour.
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(transitive) To release (an arrested person) from custody.
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(transitive, intransitive) To detach.
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(transitive, obsolete) To deprive (a horse) of its rider.
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To remove from a bag.
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(transitive) To remove the bait from.
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(transitive) To unpack from bales.
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(transitive) To release (the fists, etc.) from a balled shape.
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(transitive) To remove the ballast from.
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(transitive) To lift a ban against.
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(transitive) To remove a bandage from.
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(transitive) To remove a bank from; to open by, or as if by, the removal of a bank.
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(transitive) To remove a prohibition.
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(transitive) To remove a barb from.
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(transitive) To lay bare; to expose.
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(transitive) To unpack from a barrel or barrels.
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(transitive) To unbolt or unbar; to open.
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(transitive) To open (something previously battened down.
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(obsolete, transitive) To free from the restraint of anything that surrounds or encloses.
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(transitive) To free from being grounded on a beach.
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(transitive) To remove or loose the bearing rein of (a horse).
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To remove a belt
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(transitive) To remove or disqualify from a bench.
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To cast loose or untie
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The process by which something is unberthed; removal from a berth.
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That which unbinds.
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The release or freeing of something that was bound.
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(nautical, transitive) To remove the turns of (a rope or cable) from the bits.
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(rare, transitive) To undo the biting of.
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(nautical, transitive) To remove from the bitts.
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(business) To remove the secrecy from (a bid).
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(transitive) To remove a blindfold from.
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(transitive) To remove or clear a block or obstruction from.
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The process by which something is unblocked.
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To remove boards from.
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(transitive) To remove the support from.
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(transitive) To unlock by undoing the bolts of.
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(transitive) To remove a bonnet from.
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(transitive) To remove a wheel clamp from
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(transitive, rare) To remove a border or borders from.
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(reflexive, archaic) To free (oneself) of the burden of one's troubles by telling of them.
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(transitive) To remove from a bottle.
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(transitive) To unbend (something).
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(transitive, computing) To retrieve (a value of a primitive type) from the object in which it is boxed.
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One who removes things from boxes.
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(transitive) To undo, unfasten; to relax, loosen.
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(transitive) To remove from brackets or parentheses; to highlight; to bring forward.
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To disentangle the strands of a braid
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(nautical) To undo the brailing of a sail.
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(transitive) to release the brakes of (a car, wheel)
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(transitive, slang, computing) To repair a device that was bricked (rendered inoperative).
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(transitive) To remove the bridle, and other tack, from (a horse or other animal).
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(transitive) To free from brutish qualities.
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The act of unfastening a buckle.
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To open or straighten something that was bunched up.
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To separate parts which have been bundled together.
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One who unbundles.
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The process by which something is unbundled.
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to remove a bung from.
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(transitive, intransitive) To open (something) by undoing its buttons.
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(transitive) To undo the cabling of; to disconnect a cable or cables from.
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To take out of or release from a cage.
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(transitive) To remove a caked mass from.
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(transitive) To break up the camp of; to dislodge from camp.
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(intransitive) To take off one's cap.
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(transitive) To remove a cape (garment) from.
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One who, or that which, removes a cap or lid.
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(transitive) To remove or unload from a cart.
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(transitive, intransitive) To strip (someone); to undress.
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(transitive) To remove from a cask.
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(transitive) To remove a casque or helmet from.
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(transitive) To remove the cassock from.
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(transitive, rare) To undo the castration of.
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(transitive, intransitive) To set free from a restraint; unfasten or unclasp; release
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(transitive) To free or remove from a cemented position.
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To remove chains from; to free; to liberate.
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(transitive, archaic) To free from a charge or load; to unload or unburden.
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(transitive) To release from a charm, fascination, or secret power; to disenchant.
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(transitive, rare) To remove from a chest.
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(transitive) To remove the chocks from (a parked aircraft, trailer, etc.).
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(transitive) To clear (something choked) by removing the blockage.
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(transitive) To loosen (a saddle, a belt, etc.).
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(transitive) To remove a clamp from.
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The act by which something is unclasped.
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(transitive) To open (something that was clenched).
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(transitive) To unwind, unfold, or untie.
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Alternative form of unclench [(transitive) To open (something that was clenched).]
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(obsolete) To cease from clinging or adhering.
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To release something by removing a clip.
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(transitive) To remove a cloak or cover from; to deprive of a cloak or cover; to unmask; to reveal.
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(intransitive) To have a blockage removed.
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To release from a cloister, or from confinement or seclusion; to liberate.
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(transitive) To open; to unclench.
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(transitive) To free from clouds or obscurity.
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(transitive) To unwind; to untangle.
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(transitive, intransitive) To disengage (a clutch, etc.).
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(obsolete) To detach from a coach.
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(virology, intransitive) (of the capsid shell) to dissociate from the viral core in the host cell cytoplasm
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To straighten or flatten (remove a cocked shape).
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(transitive, intransitive) To come or bring out of a cocoon.
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(transitive) To free from a coffle.
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(transitive) To deprive of the coif or cap.
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(transitive) To unwind or untwist (something).
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(transitive) To remove a collar from.
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(obsolete) To unhorse; to deprive of a colt or horse.
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To comb out; to disentangle.
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(transitive) To free from confinement.
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(transitive) To free from constraints.
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To remove a constriction
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(transitive) To release from a coop.
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(transitive) To release from cords; to unbind.
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(transitive) To release.
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One who uncorks.
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(transitive) To disconnect or detach one thing from another.
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To remove a cover from.
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(transitive) To remove the cowl (protective covering) from (an engine).
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(transitive) To remove from a cradle.
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(transitive) To relieve from a crammed state; to empty partially.
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(transitive, intransitive) To recover, or cause to recover, from cramp or from being cramped or confined.
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To remove from a crate.
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(transitive) To straighten out from a crimped state.
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To unfold from a crinkled state.
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(transitive) To undo the crossing or traversal of.
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(computing, transitive) To decompress.
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To remove cuffs from (someone)
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(rare) To disencumber.
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(transitive) To spread open one's hands from a cupped position; to reverse the action of cupping.
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to remove restrictions from, to render free from restraints
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(transitive, intransitive) To reverse the process of curdling.
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(transitive, intransitive) To straighten out from being curled up.
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(transitive) To remove a curse from.
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(transitive) To free from a physical or figurative obstruction.
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(transitive) To bring back up from a dipped state.
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To remove a disguise.
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The process by which something is undocked; removal from a dock.
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(transitive, nautical) To unfasten (a hatch or door).
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The act of loosening or unfastening
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(rare, transitive) To remove the water from (something drowned or flooded); to unflood.
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To deprive of an edge; to blunt.
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(transitive) To remove (something embedded) from what it is fixed in.
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The process of unencapsulating.
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(transitive) To release from enchantment.
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(transitive) To free something from incumbrance.
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(transitive) To rid of a marriage engagement.
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To reverse the process of entanglement
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(physics) The process of becoming unentangled
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One who unentangles.
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(transitive) To remove equipment from.
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(transitive) To remove the face or cover from; to unmask or expose.
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(transitive) To detach from any connecting agency or link; to disconnect.
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(transitive) To strip of a fence; to remove a fence from.
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To release from fetters; to unchain; to let loose; to free.
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(transitive) To remove from a file or record.
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(transitive) To empty.
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To unclench (one's fist)
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(transitive) To unfasten from a fixing.
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(transitive) To restore from a flared position.
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(transitive) To strip the flowers from.
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One who, or that which, unfolds.
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(often figuratively) The process by which something unfolds or becomes revealed.
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(transitive) To free (something snagged or fouled).
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To take apart or destroy the frame of.
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(transitive) To remove the curls from (hair).
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(transitive) To remove fur from.
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To unroll or release something that had been rolled up, typically a sail or a flag.
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(transitive) To strip of furniture.
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(intransitive) To clear itself of furrows.
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(transitive) To remove garlands from.
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To remove military support from
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To remove the garter or garters from.
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(transitive) To throw out of gear.
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(transitive) To unacquire; relinquish; release; get rid of; lose; lose hold of; forget
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(transitive) To remove gilding
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To unbind or unload.
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(transitive) To remove or unfasten the girdle of.
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To unfasten or remove a girth or belt from.
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(transitive, intransitive) To remove a glove or gloves (from).
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(transitive, computing) To release (a device) that was previously captured for exclusive use.
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(more generally) To disengage; to release from being held.
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The act of ungrasping; the release of something that is grasped.
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(transitive, electricity, electronics) To remove a connection to ground potential.
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To unchain.
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(intransitive) To become free from hair.
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(transitive) To remove a halter from (an animal).
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(transitive) To free from hindrances.
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(transitive) To remove handcuffs from.
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Alternative form of unharbour [(transitive) To drive from harbour or shelter.]
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(transitive) To drive from harbour or shelter.
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(transitive) to remove the harness from a horse etc.
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(obsolete) To unfasten
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(transitive, intransitive) To take off the hat of; to remove one's hat, especially as a mark of respect.
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The removal of one's hat.
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(transitive) To remove the lid from (a barrel or cask).
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(obsolete) To uncover, to reveal.
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(transitive) To remove the helm from.
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(transitive) To remove the helmet from.
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To remove a hem; to undo the process of hemming.
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(transitive) To remove a hex or curse from.
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(transitive) To remove a hindrance from; to free or unencumber.
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To remove the leaf of a door or a window from its supporting hinges.
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To disconnect; to detach; to undo that which is hitched.
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(transitive) To drive or remove from a hive.
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(transitive) To remove hobbles from (a horse).
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(transitive) To unhand, release from one's grasp, let go of.
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(transitive) To remove the hood from.
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To remove a blindfold or blinder from.
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(transitive) To unfasten by means of hooks.
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To remove the hoops from.
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(transitive) To free (an animal) from a hopple.
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(by extension) To disrupt or unseat; to remove from a position.
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(intransitive) To emerge from a huddle or tight group.
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(transitive) To release from a hunched position.
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To release from being impaled.
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(transitive) To release from prison; to free.
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(transitive) To remove insulation from.
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(dated) To unshackle (remove irons from)
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(transitive) To remove a blockage from; to release from being jammed.
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(computing) To extract data from a JAR (Java archive) file.
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(transitive) To remove from a keg.
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(transitive) To let (dogs) out of a kennel.
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(transitive) To loosen (a skirt) so that it is no longer gathered up around the body.
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(transitive) To remove the kinks from.
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To unravel.
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(transitive) To unfasten (a knot).
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(transitive) To remove the knot from laces; to undo laces.
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(transitive) To unload.
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(obsolete) To unfold.
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(transitive) To unfasten.
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(transitive) To remove a lasso from.
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(transitive) To remove (a shoe) from a last.
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The act of unfastening a latch.
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(transitive, nautical) To untwist.
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(transitive, printing, historical) To take out the leads from (printed matter that has been set up).
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Alternative spelling of unleave [(transitive) To remove the leaves from.]
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(transitive) To free from a leash, or as from a leash.
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(transitive) To remove the leaves from.
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(transitive) To remove the lid from.
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(transitive) To remove a limb or limbs from.
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To unsling something, as a backpack, carried on the body with a strap; to bring something carried into the hands for use.
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(transitive) To remove the lime from (hides) as part of the tanning process.
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To take the lining out of.
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The act by which something is unloaded.
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(transitive, mobile telephony) To configure (a mobile phone) so that it is not bound to any particular carrier.
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(transitive) To dislodge.
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To remove a loop from; to unfasten from a loop.
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(also figuratively) To loosen or undo (something that entangles, fastens, holds, or interlocks).
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(transitive) To separate, as things cemented or luted; to take the lute or clay from.
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(transitive) To release from manacles.
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(intransitive) To cease engaging in masking, to cease disguising one's autism.
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(transitive) To detach (a part) from its corresponding part, as a plug from a socket.
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(transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) cease to be meshed together.
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(transitive) To release from confinement or restraint.
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(informal, transitive) To separate the components of (a mixture).
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To remove something from a mold.
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(transitive) To unfix or unsecure (a moored boat).
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(transitive) To remove from a mould.
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(transitive) To remove the muffling of, as a drum.
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(transitive) To reverse the mummification of; to unwrap (a mummy) from its bandages.
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(transitive) Remove a muzzle from
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(transitive) To remove the nails from.
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To separate objects that have been nested or placed one inside the other.
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(transitive) To eject from a nest, unnest.
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(transitive) To free from a noose.
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(transitive) To free from an obstruction.
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(intransitive) To empty containers that had been packed.
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(transitive) To remove from a package.
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One who, or that which, unpackages.
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One who, or that which, unpacks.
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(transitive) To release from a padlock.
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(transitive) To remove paint from.
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To go from a paired to a non-paired state; to disassociate.
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(transitive) To remove from the palm of the hand.
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(obsolete, transitive) To unsaddle; to remove the saddle from.
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(transitive) To remove curling papers from (the hair).
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(transitive) To unpack from a parcel.
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(transitive) to remove (a car or other vehicle) from a parked position
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(transitive) To remove a parting from (the hair).
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(transitive) To remove or take down (something pasted); to unstick.
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To remove the paving (especially in the form of paving stones, etc) from (a street); to cause to no longer be paved.
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(transitive) To unwind something.
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To remove from a peg.
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(transitive) To release from a pen.
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(transitive) To dislodge or drive from a perch.
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(transitive) To free from perplexity.
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(transitive) To strip the petals from (a flower).
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(sewing) To undo sewing stitches.
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(transitive) To disassemble piece by piece.
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(transitive) To remove from a pile or stack.
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(transitive) To unfasten by removing a pin.
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(transitive) To release (something) from pinions; to free from restraint.
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to undo or untwist plaited hair; to unbraid
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(transitive) To remove the planks from.
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(transitive) To remove the plaster from.
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(transitive) To take out the folds or twists of (something previously platted); to unfold; to unwreathe.
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(transitive) To remove the plaits of; to smooth.
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(transitive, Internet slang) To cease ignoring (a blocked user on a newsgroup, etc.).
n
The removal of a plug.
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(transitive) To remove the lead from.
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(transitive) To remove from a pocket.
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(transitive) To move out of a pointed posture.
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(transitive) To unfasten (a snap fastener).
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(mechanical engineering) The action or process of unporting.
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To remove from a pot.
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(transitive) To take out of a state of readiness.
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(archaic, transitive) To free from prison.
n
Removal of protection from something; act of unprotecting.
n
Something that removes protection.
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(transitive) To pry apart; to prise or loosen.
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(transitive) To smooth away the puckers or wrinkles of.
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(transitive) To remove punctuation from (a text).
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(transitive) To bring (one's lips) back from a pursed expression.
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(transitive) To remove from a rack.
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(transitive) To remove the rail or railings from.
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(transitive, figuratively) To clear from complication or difficulty; to unfold; to solve.
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The act of becoming unravelled.
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The act of unravelling.
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(obsolete, transitive) To unwind; to disentangle; to loose.
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(transitive) To remove or uncoil from a reel.
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(transitive, figuratively, by extension) To remove restraint from.
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(nautical, military) The act of taking on fuel without putting into port.
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(transitive) To free from restraints.
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(transitive) To free from restrictions.
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(transitive) To disable.
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(transitive, poetic) To remove a ring from.
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(transitive) To open something by ripping/tearing.
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(transitive) To remove or loosen the rivets of.
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(transitive, intransitive) To disrobe, to undress.
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(intransitive) To emerge, be revealed or become apparent; to unfold.
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The process of unrolling.
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To remove a roof from, e.g. a building.
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(transitive) To remove from the roost.
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(transitive) To remove the rope or ropes from.
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(transitive) To separate textiles that have been roved or twisted together.
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(transitive) To remove a rug from (a horse).
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(uncommon) The removal of rust from a metal object.
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(transitive, intransitive) To remove a saddle.
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To untie the sash that holds an article of clothing.
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(transitive) To remove (a weapon) from its scabbard.
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(transitive) To loosen a screw or thing by turning it.
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(transitive, intransitive, informal) To restore or become restored from a crumpled or squeezed condition.
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(transitive) To break the seal of (something) in order to open it.
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(transitive) To release from a state of being seized up, or locked in position.
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(rare) The removal of household appliances in order to transport them to another location.
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(transitive) To undo something sewn or enclosed by sewing; to rip apart; to take out the stitches of.
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To remove restrictions or inhibitions; to allow full freedom and power.
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(transitive) To remove a shade from.
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(rare) To retract; to unfold.
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(transitive) To remove a shawl from.
n
The removal of something from a sheath.
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(transitive) To remove a sheet or sheets from; to uncover.
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(transitive) To strip the shell from; to take out of the shell; to hatch.
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(figuratively, transitive) To bring back something that was shelved, or put aside.
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(transitive) To expose by removing the shield or protective shielding from.
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(archaic) To throw from a horse; to unseat
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(transitive) to remove a shoe (especially a horseshoe) from.
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(transitive) To remove a shroud from; to uncover.
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(now rare) To open (a door, window etc.).
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(transitive) To open or remove the shutters of.
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To unwind from a skein
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(transitive) To slide back; to open or unfasten by sliding.
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To release from smothering.
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To release from a snag; unsnare; disentangle; disencumber
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(transitive) To disentangle.
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(transitive) To unfasten (something held by snaps).
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(transitive) To release from a snare
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To remove or undo a snarl or tangle.
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(transitive) To unlatch or unlock.
v
to undo, untie, or open or become undone, untied, or opened.
v
(archaic) To loosen or remove from a socket.
v
To reverse the process of soldering, such as by breaking the joint and removing the solder
v
(transitive) To take the spars, stakes, or bars from.
v
To remove a spike from.
v
(transitive) To untwist (something spun).
v
To remove (film, cotton, etc.) from a spool; unwind.
v
(transitive) To undo the springing of (a mechanism).
v
(transitive) To remove from a stack.
v
(transitive) To release from a stalled state.
v
(transitive) to remove staples from.
v
(transitive) To remove a star from.
v
(transitive) To free from starch; to make limp or pliable.
v
(transitive) To disarm; to soften.
v
(transitive) To remove (the mast) from a sailing vessel.
v
(transitive) To disarm of a sting; to remove the sting of.
v
(transitive, figuratively) To unravel or disunite; to cause to come apart.
v
(transitive) To remove the stock (block or support) from; to release from that which fixes in place.
v
To unplug or uncork a container.
v
(transitive) To remove the stopper from.
v
(transitive) To remove the stopple from.
v
(transitive) To unload (stowed cargo) from a ship, etc.
v
(transitive) To depart from a straddled position upon.
v
(transitive) To relieve from a strain; to relax.
v
(intransitive) To separate into its individual strands.
v
To free up (something) that has become choked up; unblock.
v
(transitive) To loosen or remove the straps from (something).
v
(falconry) To loosen the strings that attach the hood on the bird's head.
v
(transitive) To remove the string or strings from.
v
(archaic, transitive) To strip off.
v
(transitive, nonstandard) To unstick; to get something unstuck
v
(transitive) To remove the stuffing from.
v
(transitive, intransitive, rare) To remove suction, such as when suction cups become detached.
v
To unsmother; to free from suffocation or suffocating circumstances.
v
(transitive) To remove the surplice (and associated religious status) from.
n
The act of unsuspending something.
v
To remove swaddling, to unwrap.
v
(transitive) To remove a swathe from.
v
(transitive) To unfasten (something tacked).
v
To unhitch; to unharness.
v
(transitive) To remove a tag from.
v
(transitive) To remove tangles or knots from.
n
One who untangles.
v
To remove the tank from.
v
(transitive, nonstandard) To release a flow of (creativity, potential, etc.); to unleash.
v
(transitive) To detach the adhesive tape from.
v
(intransitive) To come out of concealment.
v
(computing, transitive) To extract from a tar archive.
v
(transitive) To remove a tax from.
v
(transitive) To unyoke a team from.
v
To disentangle; to tease apart.
v
(transitive) To bring out of a tent.
v
(transitive) To undo by removing a tether.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To thaw out, to unfreeze; to become soft (of something which had been frozen).
v
(transitive) To draw or remove a thread from.
v
(transitive) To undo the throttling of; to release from a throttled state.
v
(transitive) (UK) To uncheck; to remove a tick mark from.
n
One who unties.
v
(transitive) To remove the tiles from.
v
(transitive) To remove the tin (metal) from.
v
(nautical, transitive) To remove from its fixed position.
v
(transitive) To rearrange or straighten so that it is no longer tousled.
v
(transitive) To remove from the traces; to unharness.
v
(transitive) To free or release from obstacles or hindrances.
v
(transitive) To remove a trap from, so as to make safe.
v
(transitive) To free (the hair) from tresses.
v
(transitive, nautical) To release something previously triced, i.e. hoisted and tied up.
v
(transitive, phonetics) To remove the trill from.
v
(transitive) To unload from a truck.
v
To remove from a trunk.
v
To free from a truss; to untie or unfasten
v
(transitive) To remove something from a relatively hidden location or position where it is tucked.
v
(transitive) To free (one thing that is entwined with another), disentangle, extricate.
v
To untwist; to undo.
v
(transitive) To remove a twist from.
n
The act by which something is untied.
v
Obsolete spelling of unveil [(transitive) To remove a veil from; to uncover; to reveal something hidden.]
v
Obsolete spelling of unveil [(transitive) To remove a veil from; to uncover; to reveal something hidden.]
v
(transitive) To remove from a vat.
v
(intransitive) To remove a veil; to reveal oneself.
v
(rare, transitive, obsolete) To cause to be no longer a vessel; to empty.
v
(obsolete) To take the vizard or mask from; to unmask.
v
(by extension) To reveal; to unmask or unveil.
v
Alternative spelling of unvisard [(obsolete) To take the vizard or mask from; to unmask.]
v
Alternative form of unvisor [To remove or lift a visor from one's face.]
v
(transitive) To unfold (something wadded).
v
(transitive) To unblock or reopen (something previously walled up).
v
(transitive, rare) To take from a wallet.
v
(transitive) To remove wax from.
v
(transitive) To undo something woven.
v
To undo a web or webbing.
v
(transitive) To free from a wedged state or position.
v
(transitive) To remove the wheel or wheels from.
v
(transitive, nautical) To unbind the end of a rope that was previously whipped or bound up to prevent its unlaying.
v
(transitive) To remove (someone) from a position marked by the wearing of a wig, such as that of barrister or judge.
n
The act of removing a wig from someone.
v
(transitive) To remove from a winch.
v
(transitive, finance) To undo something.
n
A device that unwinds.
adv
So as to unwind.
v
(obsolete, rare) To remove the window(s) or pane(s) from.
v
(transitive) To undo the wiring of.
v
(transitive) To free from a witch or witchcraft.
v
(transitive) To open or undo, as what is wrapped or folded.
n
One who unwraps something.
v
(obsolete) to uncover
v
Alternative form of unwreathe [(transitive) To untwist, uncoil, or untwine (something wreathed).]
v
(transitive) To untwist, uncoil, or untwine (something wreathed).
v
(transitive) To wrench back out of place; to remove by wrenching.
v
(transitive, archaic) To restore from a wrested or distorted state.
v
(rare) to free something which is trapped, by wriggling.
v
(transitive) To remove wrinkles from.
v
To move (stock) out of a yard.
v
(transitive) To release something from a yoke or harness.
v
(transitive) To unzip.
n
The act by which something is unzipped.
v
(transitive, poetic, archaic) To free from a girdle.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To remove the bar or bars of, as a gate; to unbar.
v
(transitive, informal) To remove from distribution.

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