Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To unfold; explain.
- To undo the plaits of; unbraid: as, to
unplait hair.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb to
undo oruntwist plaited hair ; tounbraid
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Examples
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She began to unplait the braid in which she had slept.
The Dressmaker Posie Graeme-Evans 2010
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After lighting a sandalwood incense stick, Jacey began to unplait her hair.
The Season of Risks Susan Hubbard 2010
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After lighting a sandalwood incense stick, Jacey began to unplait her hair.
The Season of Risks Susan Hubbard 2010
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After lighting a sandalwood incense stick, Jacey began to unplait her hair.
The Season of Risks Susan Hubbard 2010
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Practiced fingers removed the little blue pony-tail holder and began to unplait my braid.
Touch of Evil 2006
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Her hair was very wet, and she began deliberately to take it down and unplait it.
The Heavenly Twins Madame Sarah Grand
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He raised his hands and began to unplait his long pigtail, which, like his "blind" eye, was camouflage -- a false queue attached to his own hair, which he wore but slightly longer than some
Dope Sax Rohmer 1921
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Come, come, get on your dressing-gown and unplait your hair.
III. Confidential Moments. Book VI—The Great Temptation 1917
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"I won't have it like that!" declared Zoie, and she shook herself free from Aggie's unwelcome attentions and proceeded to unplait the hateful pigtail.
Baby Mine Margaret Mayo 1916
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"I won't have it like that!" declared Zoie, and she shook herself free from Aggie's unwelcome attentions and proceeded to unplait the hateful pigtail.
Baby Mine 1911
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