⏪ To undo effects 🔕 To stop ringing 🐖 To remove a ring

to unring

9.9

To take a ring out of an animal's nose

verb
/ʌnˈrɪŋ/

: quitar el anillo

Farmers sometimes unring cattle if the ring becomes damaged or unnecessary.

Examples

The vet will unring the cow's nose.
It is important to unring animals carefully to avoid causing them pain.
The veterinarian had to unring the pig after it developed an infection.
They need to unring the pig before the show.
The veterinarian had to unring the pig after it developed an infection.
Farmers sometimes unring cattle if the ring becomes damaged or unnecessary.
It is important to unring animals carefully to avoid causing them pain.

Antonyms

to attach

459 2.5

To join or fasten one thing to another so they stay together

Idioms

to unring the bell

Informal

1 9.9

To try to undo something after it has happened and cannot be changed

Surface Forms

unring infinitive

unringing present participle

unrings third person singular

unrang past

unrang past participle

Morphology

unring = ring (transparent) = un + ring

Clear negation/removal of a physical 'ring' object; the morphology maps directly to the sense.

Etymology

Unring is made of un- ('remove' or 'reverse') and ring, meaning a metal circle like an 'earring' or 'nose ring', so imagine taking that circle off. So to unring an animal is to remove the ring from it carefully.