unhitch

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un·hitch

(ŭn-hĭch′)

tr.v. un·hitched, un·hitch·ing, un·hitch·es

1. To release from a hitch.

2. To unfasten or disconnect.

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unhitch

(ʌnˈhɪtʃ)

vb (tr)

to untie, unfasten, or detach

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unhitch

Past participle: unhitched
Gerund: unhitching

Imperative
unhitch
unhitch

Present
I unhitch
you unhitch
he/she/it unhitches
we unhitch
you unhitch
they unhitch

Preterite
I unhitched
you unhitched
he/she/it unhitched
we unhitched
you unhitched
they unhitched

Present Continuous
I am unhitching
you are unhitching
he/she/it is unhitching
we are unhitching
you are unhitching
they are unhitching

Present Perfect
I have unhitched
you have unhitched
he/she/it has unhitched
we have unhitched
you have unhitched
they have unhitched

Past Continuous
I was unhitching
you were unhitching
he/she/it was unhitching
we were unhitching
you were unhitching
they were unhitching

Past Perfect
I had unhitched
you had unhitched
he/she/it had unhitched
we had unhitched
you had unhitched
they had unhitched

Future
I will unhitch
you will unhitch
he/she/it will unhitch
we will unhitch
you will unhitch
they will unhitch

Future Perfect
I will have unhitched
you will have unhitched
he/she/it will have unhitched
we will have unhitched
you will have unhitched
they will have unhitched

Future Continuous
I will be unhitching
you will be unhitching
he/she/it will be unhitching
we will be unhitching
you will be unhitching
they will be unhitching

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been unhitching
you have been unhitching
he/she/it has been unhitching
we have been unhitching
you have been unhitching
they have been unhitching

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been unhitching
you will have been unhitching
he/she/it will have been unhitching
we will have been unhitching
you will have been unhitching
they will have been unhitching

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been unhitching
you had been unhitching
he/she/it had been unhitching
we had been unhitching
you had been unhitching
they had been unhitching

Conditional
I would unhitch
you would unhitch
he/she/it would unhitch
we would unhitch
you would unhitch
they would unhitch

Past Conditional
I would have unhitched
you would have unhitched
he/she/it would have unhitched
we would have unhitched
you would have unhitched
they would have unhitched

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Verb

unhitch - unfasten or release from or as if from a hitch

unyoke - remove the yoke from; "unyoke the cow"

unharness - remove the harness from; "unharness a horse"

undo - cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect; "I wish I could undo my actions"

hitch, catch - to hook or entangle; "One foot caught in the stirrup"

Translations

unhitch

[ˈʌnˈhɪtʃ] VT → desenganchar

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unhitch

vt horse (from post) → losbinden; (from wagon) → ausspannen; caravan, engine → abkoppeln

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