What does unglove mean?
Unglove means (transitive, intransitive) To remove a glove or gloves (from)..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(transitive, intransitive) To remove a glove or gloves (from)..
undated, John Keats, Sonnet to a Lady seen for a Few Moments at Vauxhall Long hours have to and fro let creep the sand, / Since I was tangled in thy beauty's web, / And snared by the ungloving of thine hand.
If ladies go from the ball-room to the supper-room for half an hour, they are not expected to unglove...But, if the supper be final, and close the evening's entertainment, they may unglove, if they please.
Formerly, strict etiquette demanded that a person should unglove the hand before offering it to another in friendly greeting.
A simple way to remember how to unglove safely is “glove to glove, skin to skin.”
Use unglove when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Unglove means (transitive, intransitive) To remove a glove or gloves (from)..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
undated, John Keats, Sonnet to a Lady seen for a Few Moments at Vauxhall Long hours have to and fro let creep the sand, / Since I was tangled in thy beauty's web, / And snared by the ungloving of thine hand.
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