unpoint

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ point

Verb[edit]

unpoint (third-person singular simple present unpoints, present participle unpointing, simple past and past participle unpointed)

  1. (transitive) To move out of a pointed posture.
    • 2019, Susan King Strasinger, Marjorie Schaub Di Lorenzo, The Phlebotomy Textbook, page 232:
      Ask the patient to continue to take deep breaths, exercise the legs gently, and point and unpoint the toes.