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un·hook

 (ŭn-ho͝ok′)
tr.v. un·hooked, un·hook·ing, un·hooks
1. To release or remove from a hook.
2. To unfasten the hooks of.
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unhook

(ʌnˈhʊk)
vb
1. (tr) to remove (something) from a hook
2. (tr) to unfasten the hook of (a dress, etc)
3. (intr) to become unfastened or be capable of unfastening: the dress wouldn't unhook.
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

unhook


Past participle: unhooked
Gerund: unhooking

Imperative
unhook
unhook
Present
I unhook
you unhook
he/she/it unhooks
we unhook
you unhook
they unhook
Preterite
I unhooked
you unhooked
he/she/it unhooked
we unhooked
you unhooked
they unhooked
Present Continuous
I am unhooking
you are unhooking
he/she/it is unhooking
we are unhooking
you are unhooking
they are unhooking
Present Perfect
I have unhooked
you have unhooked
he/she/it has unhooked
we have unhooked
you have unhooked
they have unhooked
Past Continuous
I was unhooking
you were unhooking
he/she/it was unhooking
we were unhooking
you were unhooking
they were unhooking
Past Perfect
I had unhooked
you had unhooked
he/she/it had unhooked
we had unhooked
you had unhooked
they had unhooked
Future
I will unhook
you will unhook
he/she/it will unhook
we will unhook
you will unhook
they will unhook
Future Perfect
I will have unhooked
you will have unhooked
he/she/it will have unhooked
we will have unhooked
you will have unhooked
they will have unhooked
Future Continuous
I will be unhooking
you will be unhooking
he/she/it will be unhooking
we will be unhooking
you will be unhooking
they will be unhooking
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been unhooking
you have been unhooking
he/she/it has been unhooking
we have been unhooking
you have been unhooking
they have been unhooking
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been unhooking
you will have been unhooking
he/she/it will have been unhooking
we will have been unhooking
you will have been unhooking
they will have been unhooking
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been unhooking
you had been unhooking
he/she/it had been unhooking
we had been unhooking
you had been unhooking
they had been unhooking
Conditional
I would unhook
you would unhook
he/she/it would unhook
we would unhook
you would unhook
they would unhook
Past Conditional
I would have unhooked
you would have unhooked
he/she/it would have unhooked
we would have unhooked
you would have unhooked
they would have unhooked
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.unhook - take off a hookunhook - take off a hook      
detach - cause to become detached or separated; take off; "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it"
hook - fasten with a hook
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Translations
يَفُك، يَنْزَع الخُطّاف
sundat z háčku
leakaszt
losa af króki; afkrækja
atāķētnoāķēt
zvesiť
çengelini açmakkancasından kurtarmak

unhook

[ˈʌnˈhʊk] VT
1. (= remove) → desenganchar, descolgar
2. (= undo) [+ garment] → desabrochar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

unhook

[ˌʌnˈhʊk] vt
(= remove from hook) [+ picture] → décrocher
(= undo) [+ dress] → dégrafer
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

unhook

vt latch, gateloshaken; dressaufhaken; (= take from hook) pictureabhaken; (= free)losmachen; the dress came unhookeddas Kleid ging auf
visich aufhaken lassen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

unhook

[ʌnˈhʊk] vt (remove, picture) → staccare; (trailer) → sganciare; (undo, gate) → aprire; (dress) → slacciare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

unhook

(anˈhuk) verb
to take or release (something) from a hook. He unhooked the picture from the wall.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
References in classic literature ?
Just now they are all going to bed, and--what do you think?--they unhook the hinges of their wings and put them in a corner until they wake up again."
She can do anything with me!" said Denisov, and he unhooked his saber.
The station-master at Crewe unhooked his telephone receiver and rang up Liverpool.
"The lady wins," he announced, after the manner of a ringmaster.-- "Bill, you've got a mint in that turn.--Unhook, madam, unhook!"
Don Quixote went over and unhooked Sancho, who, as soon as he found himself on the ground, looked at the rent in his huntingcoat and was grieved to the heart, for he thought he had got a patrimonial estate in that suit.
Rouletabille took the eggs, which had been brought to him in a bowl, and the meat which was on a dish, placed all carefully beside him in the chimney, unhooked a frying-pan and a gridiron, and began to beat up our omelette before proceeding to grill our beefsteak.
"Love," she repeated slowly, in an inner voice, and suddenly, at the very instant she unhooked the lace, she added, "Why I don't like the word is that it means too much to me, far more than you can understand," and she glanced into his face.
It was not to be stirred, however, and when the woman shouted up to unhook it, he answered: "It's already unhooked.
I suppose you mean well; but it is very inconsiderate,--very!" And Marie sobbed, and gasped for breath, and called Mammy to open the window, and to bring her the camphor-bottle, and to bathe her head, and unhook her dress.