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UNKNOT
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they unknot ... he / she / it unknots
Past simple: unknotted
Past participle: unknotted
-ing form: unknotting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of
Example:
unravel the thread
Synonyms:
unknot; unpick; unravel; unscramble; untangle
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
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)
