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# unharness

«unharness» in Mova's school dictionary: **To take the harness off an animal, such as a horse, so it…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (unharness, unharnesses, unharnessed, unharnessing)

### meaning for a pupil

To take the harness off an animal, such as a horse, so it can rest or graze. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unharness/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in farm stories a farmer stops work and frees the horse from its straps and leather

### examples

- The farmer unharnessed the horse at dusk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unharness/#x1)
- After the long ride, we unharnessed the ponies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unharness/#x2)
- The cart stood still while the boy unharnessed the donkey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unharness/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unharness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unharness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.