unhitching

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• unhitching — v. unfasten; free from a hitch; release; divorce …   English contemporary dictionary

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• onhitch — Gullah Words unhitch, unhitches, unhitched, unhitching; also marital separation …   English dialects glossary

• unhitch — un|hitch [ ʌn hıtʃ ] verb transitive to remove something from the thing that is holding or fastening it: He s just unhitching the trailer. She unhitched her skirt, that had caught on the fence. get unhitched AMERICAN INFORMAL to get divorced …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• unhitch — 1620s, from UN (Cf. un) (2) + HITCH (Cf. hitch) (v.). Related: Unhitched; unhitching …   Etymology dictionary

• disengagement — n 1. disconnection, separation, loosening, detachment, unfastening, unhitching; disjunction, disunion, divorce, severance, disseverance; parting, breaking, splitting, disruption; dissociation, breaking up, division, fission; disentanglement,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• unhitch — UK [ʌnˈhɪtʃ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms unhitch : present tense I/you/we/they unhitch he/she/it unhitches present participle unhitching past tense unhitched past participle unhitched to remove something from the thing that is holding or… …   English dictionary

• dump hook — noun : a chain grabhook with a lever attachment for releasing it (as in unhitching a team in loading logs) …   Useful english dictionary