unscreen

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verb

To reveal by removing a screen.

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Meanings

verbunscreen (third-person singular simple present unscreens, present participle unscreening, simple past and past participle unscreened)

present singular third person unscreens · participle present unscreening · participle past unscreened · past unscreened

  1. figurativelysometimestransitiveTo reveal by removing a screen.

    Rembrandt's paintings undertake an unscreening and excoriation of the human body[…]

    2005, Stephen Barber, Jean Genet
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    The mist dispersed to unscreen a scattering of stars which in turn retreated as the moon rose to lean over the shoulder of the hill like a curious neighbour leaning over a fence.

    2012, Lillian Beckwith, The Small Party (Bello)

Origin

From un- + screen.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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