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UNKNOT

Dictionary entry overview: What does unknot mean?

• UNKNOT (verb)
The verb UNKNOT has 1 sense:

1. become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of

Familiarity information: UNKNOT used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• UNKNOT (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

unknot; unpick; unravel; unscramble; untangle

Context example:

unravel the thread

Hypernyms (to "unknot" is one way to...):

undo (cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect)

"Unknot" entails doing...:

disunite; divide; part; separate (force, take, or pull apart)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

knot (tangle or complicate)

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