unbit

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From un- +‎ bit.

Pronunciation

  • (verb):
    • (US) IPA(key): /ʌnˈbɪt/
    • Rhymes: -ɪt
  • (verb form, past-tense):
    • (US) IPA(key): /ˈʌn.bɪt/
    • Rhymes: -ʌnbɪt

Verb

unbit (third-person singular simple present unbits, present participle unbitting, simple past and past participle unbitted)

  1. (nautical, transitive) To remove the turns of (a rope or cable) from the bits.[1]
  2. (equestrianism, transitive) to remove the bit from (a horse's mouth)

Verb

unbit

  1. simple past of unbite

References

  1. ^ “unbit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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