unback

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verb

To remove the back or backing from (something).

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Meanings

verbunback (third-person singular simple present unbacks, present participle unbacking, simple past and past participle unbacked)

present singular third person unbacks · participle present unbacking · participle past unbacked · past unbacked

  1. raretransitiveTo remove the back or backing from (something).

    “When you go home,” resumed Josephine, “unback the miniature case and upon the surface opposite the painting you will find these words […]”

    1896, Ida Worden Wheeler, chapter 10, in Siegfried the Mystic, Boston: Arena Publishing Company, page 109
  2. obsoletetransitiveTo deprive (a horse) of its rider.

    Her horse againe this Princesse must vnbacke,

    1599, Henry Petowe, Philochasander and Elanira, London: Thomas Purfoot

Origin

From un- + back.

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APA

unback. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unback

MLA

“unback.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unback. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unback,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unback.

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