unclose
/ʌnˈkləʊz/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "They measured it to some considerable length—another door presented itself to the searching hand of Carlstadt the Baron, but resisted the repeated efforts made to unclose it."
- "His eyes he opened, shut, again unclosed, / For all was doubt and dizziness […]"
- "All flowers in field or forest which unclose Their trembling eyelids to the kiss of day, Swinging their censers in the element, With orient incense lit by the new ray Burned slow and inconsumably, and sent Their odorous sighs up to the smiling air […]"
- "She heard the door underneath unclose, and from underneath the green verandah she saw her mother saunter out."
- "Not a word passed between them as she went to the cupboard in the corner and replaced the hammer, which she had taken without asking leave; together—she unclosed her fist—with a handful of nails."
- "Loue in what ere hee doth, doth not diſguiſe his face, / His harte lyes on his toung, vnſeen hee neuer goes, / Hee weares no Giges ring, hee is not one of thoſe, / Hee doth vncloſe his thoghts, to gayn vnfayned grace[.]"
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ʌnˈkləʊz/
Usage
Inflected Forms
uncloses (present, singular)
unclosing (participle, present)
unclosed (participle, past)
unclosed (past)
more unclose (comparative)
most unclose (superlative)