unhitch

unhitch
UK [ʌnˈhɪtʃ] / US verb [transitive]
Word forms "unhitch":
present tense I/you/we/they unhitch he/she/it unhitches present participle unhitching past tense unhitched past participle unhitched
to remove something from the thing that is holding or fastening it

She unhitched her skirt, that had caught on the fence.


English dictionary. 2014.

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  • unhitch — un*hitch , v. t. [1st pref. un + hitch.] To free from being hitched, or as if from being hitched; to unfasten; to loose; as, to unhitch a horse, or a trace. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • unhitch — index disengage Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • unhitch — 1620s, from UN (Cf. un) (2) + HITCH (Cf. hitch) (v.). Related: Unhitched; unhitching …   Etymology dictionary

  • unhitch — [un hich′] vt. 1. to free from a hitch 2. to unfasten; release; detach …   English World dictionary

  • unhitch — /un hich /, v.t. 1. to free from attachment; unfasten: to unhitch a locomotive from a train. v.i. 2. to become uncoupled or unfastened. [1615 25; UN 2 + HITCH] * * * …   Universalium

  • unhitch — transitive verb Date: 1706 to free from or as if from being hitched …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • unhitch — verb To disconnect; to detach; to undo that which is hitched …   Wiktionary

  • unhitch — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. unhook, unfasten, untie, disengage, detach, unloose, loosen, unbuckle, unstrap, release, unharness, uncouple, free, take out of the traces. Ant. fasten*, hitch, couple. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. unfasten, detach,… …   English dictionary for students

  • unhitch — un|hitch [ʌnˈhıtʃ] v [T] to unfasten something that is joined to something else …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • unhitch — un|hitch [ ʌn hıtʃ ] verb transitive to remove something from the thing that is holding or fastening it: He s just unhitching the trailer. She unhitched her skirt, that had caught on the fence. get unhitched AMERICAN INFORMAL to get divorced …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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