unpin

IPA: ʌnpˈæn

verb

  • (transitive) To unfasten by removing a pin.
  • (transitive, computing, graphical user interface) To detach (an icon, application, etc.) from the place where it was previously pinned.
  • (programming, transitive) To undo the pinning or fixing of (an array in memory, a security certificate, etc.) so that it can be modified again.
  • (transitive, chess) To get (a piece) out of a pin.
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Examples of "unpin" in Sentences

  • She pulled her arm loose and began to unpin the chiton.
  • Everyone else has a neat, separate grief that they can unpin afterward.
  • Guards didn't go through the prison camps Wednesday and unpin the presidential closure order from detainee bulletin boards.
  • To remove a pinned item, put the mouse cursor back on the file name and click the pushpin icon again to "unpin" it from the list.
  • You can "unpin" music to slide it around, but if you're coming back to a song six times, you need to add the same track six times. iMovie 09 does a lot of things right.
  • Maggie looked down, toying with one of her auburn ringlets, debating whether she should slide her sandal along his calf, or unpin her hair, letting her curls cascade down her back.
  • I felt her unpin my hair and let it fall around my shoulders, then she began twirling sections of it in her fingers and squirting it with something that smelled deliciously like grapefruit.

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