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(nautical, transitive, intransitive) To remove the rigging from (a vessel, etc.)..
"No way, we have to derig." "Okay. I'll keep paddling." I started untangling lines, pulling in jibsail cloth like a lobster fisherman pulling up a trap.
Use derig when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Derig means (nautical, transitive, intransitive) To remove the rigging from (a vessel, etc.)..
Common synonyms include unrig.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
"No way, we have to derig." "Okay. I'll keep paddling." I started untangling lines, pulling in jibsail cloth like a lobster fisherman pulling up a trap.
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