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unthread

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From un- + thread.

verb unthreads · unthreading · unthreaded

  1. transitive To draw or remove a thread from. 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,— […]
  2. transitive To loosen the connections of.
  3. transitive To make one's way through.

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verb to draw or remove a thread from

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"unthread." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/unthread. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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unthread. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/unthread

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"unthread." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/unthread.

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@misc{unthread_2026,
  title = {unthread},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unthread},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}