"uncap" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ʌnˈkæp/ Forms: uncaps [present, singular, third-person], uncapping [participle, present], uncapped [participle, past], uncapped [past]
Rhymes: -æp Etymology: From un- + cap. Etymology templates: {{af|en|un-|cap|id1=reversive}} un- + cap Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} uncap (third-person singular simple present uncaps, present participle uncapping, simple past and past participle uncapped)
  1. (transitive) To remove a physical cap or cover from. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-uncap-en-verb--wyQ590O
  2. (transitive) To remove a cap or limit from. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-uncap-en-verb-BJZdigXg
  3. (intransitive) To take off one's cap. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-uncap-en-verb-KfgAUBtz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un- (reversive), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 17 66 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un- (reversive): 21 22 57 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 17 67 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 21 59 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 8 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 17 17 65 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 20 20 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 12 12 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 15 16 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (remove a cap or cover from): отхлупвам (othlupvam) (Bulgarian), décapsuler (French), destapar (Galician), odkapslowywać [imperfective] (Polish), odkapslować [perfective] (Polish)
Disambiguation of 'remove a cap or cover from': 43 41 16

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To remove a physical cap or cover from."
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        "(transitive) To remove a cap or limit from."
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        "To take off one's cap."
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        "(intransitive) To take off one's cap."
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        "To remove a physical cap or cover from."
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        "(transitive) To remove a physical cap or cover from."
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        "To take off one's cap."
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        "(intransitive) To take off one's cap."
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      "sense": "remove a cap or cover from",
      "word": "отхлупвам"
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      "sense": "remove a cap or cover from",
      "word": "décapsuler"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "remove a cap or cover from",
      "word": "destapar"
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      "sense": "remove a cap or cover from",
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "remove a cap or cover from",
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      "word": "odkapslować"
    }
  ],
  "word": "uncap"
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