"unplug" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ʌnˈplʌɡ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unplug.wav [UK] Forms: unplug [canonical], unplugs [third-person, singular], unplugged [past], unplugged [past, participle], unplugging [present, participle]
Etymology: un- + plug Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|un|plug}} un- + plug Head templates: {{verb|unplug|g}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you unplug an appliance, you disconnect it from an electrical supply.
    Sense id: simple-unplug-en-verb--z-yNuYA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms prefixed with un-
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