unstitch en · VERB
Etymology
From un- + stitch.
Meanings
- (transitive) To take out stitches from.
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(figuratively, transitive) To unravel or disunite; to cause to come apart.
When racially charged killings in the 1980s unstitched already flimsy race relations in the city, the Slave Theater grew to be more than just a movie house, it became a symbol and center of black activism.
2007 November 18, Trymaine Lee, “A Symbol of Activism Is at Center of Court Dispute”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unstitched | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unstitched | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| unstitching | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unstitches | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
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Translations (11)
fr découdre (remove stitches from) · cs párat (remove stitches from) · cs rozpárat (remove stitches from) · az sökmək (remove stitches from) · nl lostornen (remove stitches from) · bg разшивам (remove stitches from) · ru пороть (remove stitches from) · it scucire (remove stitches from) · ca descosir (remove stitches from) · gl descoser (remove stitches from) · sw fumua (remove stitches from)