unclimb en · VERB
Etymology
From un- + climb.
Meanings
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(transitive) To undo the climbing of; to climb down or back from.
Then I began to unclimb the Rocky Mountains.
1924, Minnie Hill Wood, Afoot and Alone from Washington, D. C., to San Francisco, page 243:If you need to be back down on the ground again you have to "unclimb" the tree the same way.
1984, Field & Stream, volume 89, number 6, page 81:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unclimbing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unclimbed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unclimbed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| unclimbs | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |