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unthreaded

unthreaded is the simple past and past participle of unthread.

Meaning of unthread

Verb

unthread (third-person singular simple present unthreads, present participle unthreading, simple past and past participle unthreaded)

  1. (transitive) To draw or remove a thread from.
    • Its eyes, though wild, were still all dewy bright / With love, and kept all phantom fear aloof / From the poor girl by magic of their light, / The while it did unthread the horrid woof / Of the late darken'd time,— […]1820, John Keats, “Isabella; or, The Pot of Basil. A Story from Boccaccio.”, in Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC...
  2. (transitive) To loosen the connections of.
  3. (transitive) To make one's way through.

Questions about unthreaded

What is unthreaded the simple past and past participle of?
Unthreaded is the simple past and past participle of unthread.

Words near unthreaded in the dictionary

  1. unthralling
  2. unthralls
  3. unthrashed
  4. unthread
  5. unthreadable
  6. unthreaded
  7. unthreading
  8. unthreads
  9. unthreatenable
  10. unthreatened
  11. unthreatening

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