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Definition: Unhitch |
UnhitchVerb1. Unfasten or release from or as if from a hitch. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "unhitch" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references) |
| Antonym: hitch (v). (additional references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Unhitch the cabriolet |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Unhitch" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 60.00% of the time. "Unhitch" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 60% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 40% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "unhitch"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Farsi | ازادکردن (Assert, Deliver, Ease, Extricate, Free, Liberate, Release, Uncage, Unfasten, Unfix, Unloose, Unstring, Unwrap, Unyoke), شل کردن (Jellify, Lax, Loosen, Relax, Slack, Unbend, Unbind, Unbrace, Unhook, Unloose, Unstring), بازکردن (Disclose, Disengage, Disentangle, Evolve, Solve, Splay, Unbend, Unbrace, Undo, Unfasten, Unfix, Unfold, Unhinge, Unlock, Unpack, Untie, Untwist, Unwreathe). (various references) | |
German | losmachen (cast off, disengage, free, groove, let off, loose, release, slip, take off, unfasten, unfix, unfurl, unloose, unmoor, unstick, untie), losbinden (unbid, unbind, unclamp, undo, unloose, unrope, untie), ausspannen (have a break, put up, spread out, strech, unharness, unyoke, wind up), abkoppeln (unbuckle, uncouple, undock, untie), abhängen (depend, hinge, jettison, shake off, to depend, uncouple). (various references) | |
Greek | λύνω (loosen, resolve, solve, unbind, unclasp, uncouple, unhook, unlace, untie), λύω (loosen, solve, unbind, unbruise, undo, unfasten, unlace, unravel, untie). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szétkapcsol (disconnect, to disengage, to unclasp, to unclip, to uncouple, to unhitch, unyoke), leold (to lace, to unhitch, to unloose), lekapcsol (switch off, to uncouple, to unhitch, turn off), kikapcsol (cut off, declutch, incapacitate, shut off, switch off, to cut out, to disengage, to incapacitate, to shut off, to switch off, to trip, to turn off, to unclasp, to uncouple, to unhitch, to unhook, unclasp, ungear), eloldoz (to unhitch, to unloose, uncouple), elold (to loose, to slip, to unhitch, to unloose). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | itchunhay.(various references) | |
Russian | отцеплять (unhook). (various references) | |
Turkish | serbest bırakmak (affranchise, deblock, decontrol, deliver, discharge, disentangle, emancipate, enfranchise, extricate, free, give a horse the reins, give smb. his head, let go, let go one's hold of, let loose, let off, liberate, loose, manumit, release, relinquish, set at large, set at liberty, set free, slip, unbind, unchain, unfreeze, unloose, unrein, unshackle), açmak (bare, beat, bring up in conversation, bring up the subject, broach, cave, cave in, clear, clear away, clear off, clear up, cleave, cut, cut loose, dehisce, denude, dilate, dilute, disclose, disentangle, elaborate, evolve, expand, fade, inaugurate, institute, lay open, lead, lighten, loosen, loosen up, offer, open, open out, open up, pass, put up, ring up, shake out, sharpen, site, spread, spread out, strip, switch on, thaw, thaw out, throw open, tint, turn on, turn up, unbind, unbosom, unburden, uncase, unclasp, uncloak, unclose, unclothe, uncoil, uncover, uncross, uncurl, undo, unfold, unfurl, unlock, unloose, unpack, unpin, unplait, unroll, unseal, unsnarl, unstop, untangle, unthread, untie, untwine, untwist, unwind, unwrap, usher in, whet, whiten, wind), çözmek (break, cipher out, compound, cut loose, decipher, defrost, detach, disengage, disentangle, figure out, loosen, puzzle out, read, reason, resolve, slack, slack up, solve, unbind, unbrace, unbuckle, uncoil, uncouple, undo, unfasten, unfix, ungird, unlink, unloose, unpick, unravel, unriddle, unrope, unscramble, untangle, untie, untwine, untwist, unwind, work out). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "unhitch": unhitched, unhitches, unhitching. (additional references) | |
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"Unhitch" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Jnhetc, unchurch, unhit. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "unhitch" (pronounced unhi"kh) |
| 3 | -h i" kh | hitch. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-h-h-i-n-t-u" | |
-2 letters: cutin, hitch, hunch, hutch, tunic. | |
-3 letters: chin, chit, hint, huic, hunh, hunt, inch, itch, thin, unci, unit. | |
-4 letters: chi, cut, hic, hin, hit, huh, hun, hut, ich, nit, nth, nut, tic, tin, tui, tun. | |
-5 letters: hi, in, it, nu, ti, uh, un, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-h-h-i-n-t-u" | |
+1 letter: hutching. | |
+2 letters: unhitched, unhitches. | |
+3 letters: antichurch, unhitching, unrhythmic. | |
+4 letters: interchurch. | |
+5 letters: churchianity, ichthyofauna. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Quotations: Fiction 3. Usage Frequency 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Bibliography |
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