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UNPLUG
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
Irregular inflected forms: unplugged , unplugging
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they unplug ... he / she / it unplugs
Past simple: unplugged
-ing form: unplugging
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable
Example:
unplug the hair dryer after using it
Synonyms:
disconnect; unplug
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "unplug" is one way to...):
undo (cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Antonym:
plug in (plug into an outlet)