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Unhitch

Definition: Unhitch

Unhitch

Verb

1. 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)

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Use in Literature: Unhitch

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Unhitch the cabriolet

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Unhitch

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)60%3202,518
Lexical Verb (base form)40%2245,945
                    Total100.00%5N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Unhitch

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.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Unhitch

Derivations

Words beginning with "unhitch": unhitched, unhitches, unhitching. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Unhitch" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Jnhetc, unchurch, unhit. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Unhitch"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "unhitch" (pronounced unhi"kh)
3-h i" khhitch.

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Anagrams: Unhitch

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Quotations: Fiction
3. Usage Frequency
4. Translations: Modern
5. Derivations
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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