unstick

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un·stick

(ŭn-stĭk′)

tr.v. un·stuck (-stŭk′), un·stick·ing, un·sticks

To free from a condition of adhesion: couldn't unstick the window.

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unstick

(ʌnˈstɪk)

vb, -sticks, -sticking or -stuck

(tr) to free or loosen (something stuck)

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un•stick

(ʌnˈstɪk)

v. -stuck, -stick•ing. v.t.

1. to free, as one thing stuck to another.

v.i.

2. to become unstuck.

[1700–10]

unstick

Past participle: unstuck
Gerund: unsticking

Imperative
unstick
unstick

Present
I unstick
you unstick
he/she/it unsticks
we unstick
you unstick
they unstick

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Translations

décoller

fallire staccare

unstick

[ˈʌnˈstɪk] VT → despegar

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unstick

pret, ptp <unstuck>

vt → lösen, losmachen ? also unstuck

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