unplug

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ plug.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌnˈplʌɡ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ʌɡ

Verb

unplug (third-person singular simple present unplugs, present participle unplugging, simple past and past participle unplugged)

1. (transitive) To disconnect from a supply, especially an electrical socket.

   To save electricity, I unplug my computer when I am not at home.

   • 2020, Emily Segal, Mercury Retrograde, New York: Deluge Books, →ISBN:

     We had unplugged from each other, the kind of unplugging where the charger gets torn out of the computer and the computer automatically dies.

2. (intransitive) To stop using electronic devices, especially for relaxation or to reduce stress.
3. (transitive) To remove a blockage from (especially a water pipe or drain).

   I had to unplug the sink the other day: there was far too much hair and gunk down there.

4. (idiomatic, intransitive) To temporarily disconnect from worldly experiences.

   I need to unplug and spend some time with my family.

Synonyms

• (disconnect from a supply): disconnect, detach
• (remove a blockage): unclog, clear

Derived terms

• unplugged

Translations

unplug, cut power — see pull the plug

disconnect from a supply

Armenian: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: изваждам от контакта (izvaždam ot kontakta) Catalan: desendollar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 拔開 / 拔开 (bákāi), 拔 (zh) (bá) Danish: tage ud, fjerne Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Estonian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: irrottaa pistorasiasta, irrottaa seinästä (colloquial), irrottaa (fi) French: débrancher (fr) Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: (Stecker) herausziehen (de) Irish: díphlugáil Italian: staccare la spina Japanese: ...からプラグを抜く (... kara puragu o nuku), ...から栓を抜く (... kara sen o nuku), ...のプラグを抜く (... no puragu o nuku), ...の栓を抜く (... no sen o nuku) Khmer: ដកដោត (dɑkdaot) Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Lushootseed: ʔuq̓ʷu Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Norman: dêpliodgi Norwegian: Bokmål: trekke ut kontakten Polish: odłączyć (pl) pf Portuguese: desplugar Russian: отсоединя́ть (ru) impf (otsojedinjátʹ), отсоедини́ть (ru) pf (otsojedinítʹ), отключа́ть (ru) impf (otključátʹ), отключи́ть (ru) pf (otključítʹ) Spanish: desenchufar (es) Swedish: dra ut kontakten Thai: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: rút (vi)