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unthreading

unthreading is the present participle and gerund 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 unthreading

What is unthreading the present participle and gerund of?
Unthreading is the present participle and gerund of unthread.

Words near unthreading in the dictionary

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

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