unthread
un·thread
(ŭn-thrĕd′)tr.v. un·thread·ed, un·thread·ing, un·threads
1. To draw out the thread from.
2. To find one's way out of (a labyrinth, for example).
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unthread
(ʌnˈθrɛd)vb (tr)
1. to draw out the thread or threads from (a needle, etc)
2. to disentangle
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un•thread
(ʌnˈθrɛd)v.t.
1. to draw out or take out the thread from.
2. to thread one's way through or out of, as a forest.
3. to disentangle.
[1585–95]
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unthread
Past participle: unthreaded
Gerund: unthreading
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Translations
unthread
[ˈʌnˈθred] VT [+ cloth] → deshebrar, descoser; [+ needle] → desenhebrar; [+ pearls] → desensartarCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
unthread
vt needle → ausfädeln; pearls → abfädeln
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