Unthread

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To draw or remove a thread from. transitive

    "Its eyes, though wild, were still all dewy bright / With love, and kept all phantom fear aloof / From the poor girl by magic of their light, / The while it did unthread the horrid woof / Of the late darken'd time,— […]"

  2. 2
    To loosen the connections of. transitive
  3. 3
    To make one's way through. transitive

Synonyms

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clarifyclear updisembroildisentangledisinvolveravel

Example

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"Its eyes, though wild, were still all dewy bright / With love, and kept all phantom fear aloof / From the poor girl by magic of their light, / The while it did unthread the horrid woof / Of the late darken'd time,— […]"

Etymology

From un- + thread.

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