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UNSTUFF
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unstuff mean?
• UNSTUFF (verb)
The verb UNSTUFF has 1 sense:
1. cause to become unblocked
Familiarity information: UNSTUFF used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cause to become unblocked
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
loosen up; unstuff
Context example:
The medicine unstuffed my nose in minutes!
Hypernyms (to "unstuff" is one way to...):
disengage; free (free or remove obstruction from)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "unstuff"):
unblock (clear or remove an obstruction from)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Antonym:
stuff (obstruct)
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