MEANING
1. 1) To release a boat from its moorings. 2) To detach someone from a stable point of reference or security.
2. To unsettle or detach someone from a stable emotional, intellectual, or social anchor.
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At first light, the crew unmoored the skiff.
The revelation unmoored her from the version of herself she trusted.
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Word forms
- Base
- unmoor
- Past tense
- unmoored
- Past participle
- unmoored
- Present participle
- unmooring
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- unmoor
- Present continuous
- am/is/are unmooring
- Present perfect
- have/has unmoored
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been unmooring
- Past
- unmoored
- Past continuous
- was/were unmooring
- Past perfect
- had unmoored
- Past perfect continuous
- had been unmooring
- Future
- will unmoor
- Future continuous
- will be unmooring
- Future perfect
- will have unmoored
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been unmooring
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