untar en · VERB
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntsder. Proto-Germanic *anda- Proto-West Germanic *anda- Old English and- Old English on- Middle English on- English un- English tar English untar From un- + tar.
Meanings
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(transitive) To extract from a tar archive.
I untarred (and ungzipped) that file using the following command: […]
2002, John Bryan Callender, Perl for Web site management, page 405:This should completely reset everything to exactly the way it was after you untared/ungzipped PHP […]
2002, Luis Argerich, Professional PHP4 XML, page 764:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| untarring | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| untarred | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| untarred | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| untaring | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | uncommon | lexicographic |
| untars | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| untared | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | uncommon | lexicographic |
| untared | Tense=Past | uncommon | lexicographic |