"unhitch" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: unhitches [present, singular, third-person], unhitching [participle, present], unhitched [participle, past], unhitched [past]
Etymology: From un- + hitch. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|hitch}} un- + hitch Head templates: {{en-verb}} unhitch (third-person singular simple present unhitches, present participle unhitching, simple past and past participle unhitched)
  1. To disconnect; to detach; to undo that which is hitched. Related terms: decouple Translations (to undo that which is hitched): откачам (otkačam) (Bulgarian), освобождавам (osvoboždavam) (Bulgarian), ᎫᏓᎴᎠ (gudalea) (Cherokee)

Inflected forms

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