Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To untie or undo (a knot).
- noun In knot theory, a knot that can be unraveled in three-dimensional space into an untangled loop without cutting it or intersecting it with itself.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To free from knots; untie.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To free from knots; to untie.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mathematics In
knot theory , a loop that is notknotted . - verb transitive To
undo (aknot ).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of
Etymologies
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Examples
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I had to dig for the wire, unknot it, and pull it free—in between the times I blacked out.
Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011
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Partly that's because I've hit a mental roadblock -- I need to step back and unknot some plotting stuff before I can progress, and because my brain knows that it's starting to throw a tanty.
Urgent reading for all Aussie book lovers karenmiller 2009
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I had to dig for the wire, unknot it, and pull it free—in between the times I blacked out.
Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011
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It took an hour for Alma to unknot the nest of tangles Josephine had accumulated.
The Lost Children Carolyn Cohagan 2010
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It took an hour for Alma to unknot the nest of tangles Josephine had accumulated.
The Lost Children Carolyn Cohagan 2010
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He could unknot it, of course, but he didn't want to.
Widows and Orphans R. Daniel Lester 2010
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It took an hour for Alma to unknot the nest of tangles Josephine had accumulated.
The Lost Children Carolyn Cohagan 2010
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It took an hour for Alma to unknot the nest of tangles Josephine had accumulated.
The Lost Children Carolyn Cohagan 2010
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He felt breath pumped into his lungs and strong hands began to unknot the cramp.
TRIANGLE SONDRA MARSHAK 2009
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He felt breath pumped into his lungs and strong hands began to unknot the cramp.
TRIANGLE SONDRA MARSHAK 2009
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