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unsheet en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + sheet.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To remove a sheet or sheets from; to uncover.
    • I had to unsheet the drawing-room for him to find this, the room having been covered ready for the sweep. 2015, Elizabeth Bowen, The Death Of The Heart, page 167:
    • To unsheet the ghost, to identify the culprit, let's gather more clues. 1989, Peter Kreeft, Heaven, the Heart's Deepest Longing:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
unsheets Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
unsheeted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unsheeted Tense=Past lexicographic
unsheeting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic