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unthread

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un⋅thread

  [uhn-thred]
Use unthread in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to draw out or take out the thread from: to unthread a sewing machine.
2. to thread one's way through or out of, as a densely wooded forest.
3. to disentangle; separate out of a raveled or confused condition: to unthread a mystery.
Origin:
1585–95; un- 2 + thread
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un·thread   (ŭn-thrěd')   
tr.v.   un·thread·ed, un·thread·ing, un·threads

  1. To draw out the thread from.

  2. To find one's way out of (a labyrinth, for example).

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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