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untighten

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
untight-en
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To loosen; to make something less tight.

Transitive 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 tighten English untighten From un- + tighten.

Usage

Inflected Forms

untightens (present, singular) untightening (participle, present) untightened (participle, past) untightened (past)

Questions

What does untighten mean?
To loosen; to make something less tight.
Where does untighten come from?
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 tighten English untighten From un- + tighten.

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