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unknotting

unknotting is the present participle and gerund of unknot.

Meaning of unknot

Verb

unknot (third-person singular simple present unknots, present participle unknotting, simple past and past participle unknotted)

  1. (transitive) To unfasten (a knot).

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Noun

unknotting (plural unknottings)

  1. The act of untying a knot.

Forms of unknotting

pluralunknottings

Questions about unknotting

What does unknotting mean?
Unknotting means the act of untying a knot.
What is unknotting the present participle and gerund of?
Unknotting is the present participle and gerund of unknot.
What part of speech is unknotting?
Unknotting is a noun.
What is the plural of unknotting?
The plural of unknotting is unknottings.

Words near unknotting in the dictionary

  1. unknot
  2. unknots
  3. unknottable
  4. unknotted
  5. unknottedness
  6. unknotting
  7. unknottings
  8. unknotty
  9. unknow
  10. unknowabilities
  11. unknowability

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unknotting (page history and authors); unknot (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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