"unhair" meaning in All languages combined

See unhair on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: unhairs [present, singular, third-person], unhairing [participle, present], unhaired [participle, past], unhaired [past]
Etymology: un- + hair Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|hair}} un- + hair Head templates: {{en-verb}} unhair (third-person singular simple present unhairs, present participle unhairing, simple past and past participle unhaired)
  1. (transitive) To remove hair from (something), especially from hide. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Hair Translations (remove hair): karvoa (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-unhair-en-verb-0jHoJ2uj Disambiguation of Hair: 58 42 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 80 20 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 55 45 Disambiguation of 'remove hair': 83 17
  2. (intransitive) To become free from hair. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-unhair-en-verb-xmd7ivtJ Categories (other): English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: unhairer

Inflected forms

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