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unknit
[ uhn-nit ]
verb (used with object)
- 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)
- 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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- un·knitta·ble adjective
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Example Sentences
She unknit her brows, rose from her seat, and came and sat down on the bed beside me.
The most dolorous of all moral tragedies knit and unknit the most often in silence.
If they be true love knots 'tis unpossible to unknit them; if false, I never tied them.
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.
A loose, disordered, and unknit state needs no shaking, but propping.
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