unspring en · VERB
Etymology
From un- + spring.
Meanings
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(ambitransitive) To release or be released by means of a spring.
There was a click and the unspringing of a latch.
2010, Elizabeth Mirabel Sain, Gift with Purchase:
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(transitive) To undo the springing of (a mechanism).
to unspring a trap
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unsprung | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unsprung | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| unsprings | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| unsprang | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| unspringing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |