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UNPICK
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they unpick ... he / she / it unpicks
Past simple: unpicked
Past participle: unpicked
-ing form: unpicking
Sense 1
Meaning:
Undo (the stitches) of (a piece of sewing)
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "unpick" is one way to...):
undo (cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
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 "unpick" is one way to...):
undo (cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect)
"Unpick" entails doing...:
disunite; divide; part; separate (force, take, or pull apart)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
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