Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To undo (sewing) by removing stitches.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To pick; open with a pick or other instrument.
- To pick out; undo by picking: as, to
unpick stitches. - To pick out the stitches of; rip.
- To pick out stitches.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To pick out; to undo by picking.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb sewing To
undo sewing stitches . - verb knitting To undo
knitting in order to reuse the wool. - verb To
unravel oruntangle thethreads of a rope etc. - verb figuratively To
disassemble .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb undo (the stitches) of (a piece of sewing)
- verb become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of
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Examples
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She's also hoping that the ID card scheme will be too far advanced for any future non-Labour administration to "unpick".
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She's also hoping that the ID card scheme will be too far advanced for any future non-Labour administration to "unpick".
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Swanson says he will "unpick" the yellow dot from the green the next morning once the new holes are cut.
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Hunt said last month that the Tories will "unpick" any agreed trial contracts with bidders if it secures power at the general election.
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Hunt said last month that the Tories will "unpick" any agreed trial contracts with bidders if it secures power at the general election.
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He said there must be no attempt to "unpick" the agreement between the coalition government parties.
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Hunt said last month that the Tories will "unpick" any agreed trial contracts with bidders if it secures power at the general election.
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Hunt said last month that the Tories will "unpick" any agreed trial contracts with bidders if it secures power at the general election.
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Hunt said last month that the Tories will "unpick" any agreed trial contracts with bidders if it secures power at the general election.
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Hunt said last month that the Tories will "unpick" any agreed trial contracts with bidders if it secures power at the general election.
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