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UNPIN (unpinned, unpinning)

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Irregular inflected forms: unpinned  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, unpinning  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does unpin mean? 

UNPIN (verb)
  The verb UNPIN has 1 sense:

1. remove the pins from; unfasten the pins ofplay

  Familiarity information: UNPIN used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UNPIN (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they unpin  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it unpins  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: unpinned  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: unpinned  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: unpinning  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove the pins from; unfasten the pins of

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "unpin" is one way to...):

undo (cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

pin (attach or fasten with pins)


 Context examples 


"I'll do my best to gratify you, Sir," was Laurie's unusually dutiful reply, as he carefully unpinned the posy Jo had put in his buttonhole.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Her habit therefore was thrown off with all possible haste, and she was preparing to unpin the linen package, which the chaise-seat had conveyed for her immediate accommodation, when her eye suddenly fell on a large high chest, standing back in a deep recess on one side of the fireplace.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)



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