UNKNOT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they unknot ... he / she / it unknots

Past simple: unknotted

Past participle: unknotted

-ing form: unknotting

Meaning:

Become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of

Example:

unravel the thread

Synonyms:

unknot; unpick; unravel; unscramble; untangle

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "unknot" is one way to...):

undo (cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect)

"Unknot" entails doing...:

disunite; divide; part; separate (force, take, or pull apart)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

knot (tangle or complicate)