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unknit
[uhn-nit]
verb (used with object)
to untie or unfasten (a knot, tangle, etc.); unravel (something knitted); undo.
to weaken, undo, or destroy.
to smooth out (something wrinkled).
verb (used without object)
to become undone.
unknit
/ Ź²ŌĖ²ŌÉŖ³Ł /
verb
to make or become undone, untied, or unravelled
(tr) to loosen, weaken, or destroy
to unknit an alliance
rareĢż(tr) to smooth out (a wrinkled brow)
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- unknittable adjective
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Example Sentences
And now he unknit his black brows; looked down, smiling at me, and stroked my hair, as if well pleased at seeing a danger averted.
Larger dishes are simple, gratifying arrangements of meat, be it lamb chops, dark and thrilling, with the tips of their bones nearly charred through; knobs of ground beef, burnished chicken thigh or lamb torn off the shank, the flesh still harboring an instinct to resist; or lamb korma, the lamb left to unknit itself in a pot of yogurt, tomatoes and onions kept seething until they weep sugar.
In the scorbutic body, as connective tissue fails, long-healed broken bones unknit themselves, and legs cramp so severely that the person cannot walk.
His bones unknit and clattered to the asphalt in a heap.
Will they both, unknit from their sides, be carried away to Limbo by some blast of strange doctrine?
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