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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

unmess en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + mess.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To tidy up (a mess).
    • He handed the mess over to that young man to unmess. 1956, Stephen G. Hust, "This is my own, my native land.", page 73:
  2. (transitive) To resolve (a problematic situation).
    • Take out a pen and make a list, because the causes of Carol's problems with our board are also the emergencies you're going to unmess. 2010, Pickard, But I Wouldn't Want to Die There:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
unmessed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unmessed Tense=Past lexicographic
unmesses Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
unmessing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic