unfoul
English
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[edit]unfoul (third-person singular simple present unfouls, present participle unfouling, simple past and past participle unfouled)
- (transitive) To free (something snagged or fouled).
- 1984, Mario Vargas Llosa, translated by Helen R. Lane, The War of the End of the World, Folio Society, published 2012, page 476:
- ‘We've lost quite a few men,’ the old man says as he energetically unfouls his rifle and carefully loads it with black powder that he extracts from a horn.
- 2002, David Thomas Murphy, German Exploration of the Polar World: A History, 1870-1940, page 128:
- How one repairs a broken sled, the quickest way to unfoul the dog lines, how to prevent the dogs from tangling the lines after stops, and so on.
Adjective
[edit]unfoul (comparative more unfoul, superlative most unfoul)