unclutch
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unclutch (third-person singular simple present unclutches, present participle unclutching, simple past and past participle unclutched)
- (transitive) To open (something tightly closed).
- 1667, attributed to Richard Allestree, The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety. […], London: […] R. Norton for T. Garthwait, […], →OCLC:
- Unclutch his griping hand.
- (transitive, intransitive) To disengage (a clutch, etc.).
- Synonym: declutch
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “unclutch”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)