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verb · transitive

unreel

unreel · unreels · unreeled · unreeling

To remove or uncoil from a reelTo remove or uncoil from a reel.

Meaning

1 senses

To remove or uncoil from a reel.
unwind from or as if from a reel

Origin

From un- + reel.

From un- + reel.

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Forms

unreels, unreeling, unreeled, unreeled

Base form	unreel · to unreel
3rd person singular	unreels
Present participle	unreeling
Past simple	unreeled
Past participle	unreeled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	unreel
he, she, it	unreels

Past simpleLesson

all persons

unreeled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have unreeled
he, she, it	has unreeled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will unreel

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Close in meaning

unwind from or as if from a reel:reel off

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words

Derivedunreeler

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

unrealisticB2 unreasonableB2 unreasonably unrecognizable unregulated unrelatedB1 unrelenting unreliableB2

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