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unglove

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To remove a glove or gloves (from).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, transitive

Examples

  • undated, John Keats, Sonnet to a Lady seen for a Few Moments at Vauxhall Long hours have to and fro let creep the sand, / Since I was tangled in thy beauty's web, / And snared by the ungloving of thine hand.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English ungloven, equivalent to un- + glove.