unthread en · VERB
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English thread English unthread From un- + thread.
Meanings
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(transitive) To draw or remove a thread from.
"Good and evil! good and evil!" thought he; "ye are mingled inextricably in the web of our being; and who may unthread the darker yarn?"
1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Talisman, page 62:Its eyes, though wild, were still all dewy bright / With love, and kept all phantom fear aloof / From the poor girl by magic of their light, / The while it did unthread the horrid woof / Of the late darken'd time,— […]
1820, John Keats, “Isabella; or, The Pot of Basil. A Story from Boccaccio.”, in Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC, stanza XXXVII, page 67:
- (transitive) To loosen the connections of.
- (transitive) To make one's way through.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unthreads | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| unthreading | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unthreaded | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unthreaded | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Translations (3)
bg изнизвам (to draw or remove a thread from) · it sfilare (to draw or remove a thread from) · it sfilarsi (to draw or remove a thread from)