unthread

Verb

Meaning

To draw or take out a thread from; as, to unthread a needle.

To deprive of ligaments; to loose the ligaments of.

To make one's way through; to traverse; as, to unthread a devious path.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

ravel clarify undo unravel disengage loosen dismount untie unwind untangle untwist unfasten disentangle unknot uncoil

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Antonyms

join wind fear curve connect tie

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Anagrams

headturn

Examples

Good and evil ! good and evil ! ye are mingled inextricably in the web of our being ; and who may unthread the darker yarn ? Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Unthread the rude eye of rebellion, And welcome home again discarded faith. William Shakespeare

Close letter words and terms

unthoughtfully unthoughtfulness unthrashed unthreadable unthreatenable unthreatened