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unknit
[ uhn-nit ]
verb (used with object)
, un·knit·ted or un·knit, un·knit·ting.
- to untie or unfasten (a knot, tangle, etc.); unravel (something knitted); undo.
- to weaken, undo, or destroy.
- to smooth out (something wrinkled).
verb (used without object)
, un·knit·ted or un·knit, un·knit·ting.
- to become undone.
unknit
/ ʌnˈnɪt /
verb
- to make or become undone, untied, or unravelled
- tr to loosen, weaken, or destroy
to unknit an alliance
- rare.tr to smooth out (a wrinkled brow)
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Other Words From
- un·knitta·ble adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
She unknit her brows, rose from her seat, and came and sat down on the bed beside me.
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The most dolorous of all moral tragedies knit and unknit the most often in silence.
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If they be true love knots 'tis unpossible to unknit them; if false, I never tied them.
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And now he unknit his black brows; looked down, smiling at me, and stroked my hair, as if well pleased at seeing a danger averted.
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A loose, disordered, and unknit state needs no shaking, but propping.
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