unknit en · ADJ
Etymology
From Middle English unknitten, unknetten, uncnütten, from Old English uncnyttan, equivalent to un- + knit.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Not knitted.
Dictionary
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
unknit en · VERB
Etymology
From Middle English unknitten, unknetten, uncnütten, from Old English uncnyttan, equivalent to un- + knit.
Meanings
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To unravel.
Fie, fie, vnknit that thretaning vnkinde brovv, / And dart not ſcornefull glances from thoſe eies, / To vvound thy Lord, thy King, thy Gouernour.
c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii], page 229, column 1:Exhaustion will unknit even the ordered mind.
[S]he unknit her fingers from those of the King, and rose and stood before him.
1904 Christmas, Laura Dayton Fessenden, chapter I, in Hatsu: A Story of Egypt, Highland Park, Ill.: The Canterbury Press, part I, page 4:
- To undo knitted stitches by reversing the knitting motion.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unknits | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| unknitting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unknit | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unknit | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| unknitted | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unknitted | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Synonyms
tink (undo knitted stitches)