unbraid

[uhn-breyd]

verb (used with object)

1. to separate (anything braided, as hair) into the several strands.

Word History and Origins

Origin of unbraid¹

First recorded in 1820–30; un- ² + braid

Example Sentences

There’s a lot of unbraiding you have to do.

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But the most fruitful aspect of the film may be its themes, which unbraid and retwist the threads and conventions of the damsel-in-distress narrative even as they superficially follow them.

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Now, however, the women’s movement seems to be unbraiding that identity.

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Without trust, without confidences, family members unbraid themselves from each other and drift apart.

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Morigerato, with burly grace, lightly springs above the floor in footwork that braids and unbraids his feet; in “Fly Me,” he culminates a solo with a devilish spin.

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