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unstick en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English stick English unstick From un- + stick.

Meanings

1. (figuratively, sometimes, transitive) To free from the condition of being stuck.
   • Add the rice and sauté until the first few grains begin to brown (about 3 minutes). Add peas, stock, and salt. Mix well and be sure to scrape the bottom of the pan to unstick any rice. 2012, Laura Pazzaglia, The Everything Healthy Pressure Cooker Cookbook:
2. (intransitive) To become freed from a stuck condition.
   • Starting to panic, I stepped back and put my foot right through the door. Outside, Nelson laughed. The door unstuck. I hopped on one leg as it swung outward, carrying my boot. 2019, Russ Linton, Plea Bargain:
3. (intransitive, of an aircraft) To leave the ground during takeoff.

Forms

Deriveds

come unstuck

Translations (14)

nl opstijgen (to leave the ground during takeoff) · pl odklejać (to free from the condition of being stuck) · fr décoller (to leave the ground during takeoff) · pl odlepić się (to become freed from a stuck condition) · es despegar (to leave the ground during takeoff) · pl odklejać się (to become freed from a stuck condition) · pl odlepiać (to free from the condition of being stuck) · pl odkleić (to free from the condition of being stuck) · es despegar (to free from the condition of being stuck) · fr décoller (to free from the condition of being stuck) · pl odlepić (to free from the condition of being stuck) · pl odkleić się (to become freed from a stuck condition) · pl odlepiać się (to become freed from a stuck condition) · fr se décoincer (to become freed from a stuck condition)