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    unknot
    /ʌnˈnɒt/

    verb

    • 1. release or untie the knot or knots in: "he swiftly unknotted his tie"
    • 2. (of a muscle) relax after being tense and hard: "his shoulders unknotted"

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  2. verb [ T ] uk / ˌʌnˈnɒt / us / ˌʌnˈnɑːt / Add to word list. to remove a knot in something: He wearily unknotted his tie and threw it onto the chair. The tie had been knotted wrongly, which made it very hard to unknot. Fewer examples. The ball of string had become a huge tangled mass, and I just couldn't unknot it.

  3. verb. un· knot ˌən-ˈnät. unknotted; unknotting. Synonyms of unknot. transitive verb. : to undo a knot in. unknot a rope. an unknotted tie. Examples of unknot in a Sentence.

  4. Other forms: unknotted; unknotting; unknots. Definitions of unknot. verb. become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of. synonyms: unpick, unravel, unscramble, untangle. see more.

  5. 1. to untie (a knot) 2. to undo or untangle a knot or knots in. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. Word Frequency. unknot in American English. (ʌnˈnɑt) transitive verb Word forms: -knotted, -knotting. to untie by or as if by undoing a knot. to unknot a tie.

  6. Unknot definition: to untie by or as if by undoing a knot. See examples of UNKNOT used in a sentence.

  7. Define unknot. unknot synonyms, unknot pronunciation, unknot translation, English dictionary definition of unknot. tr.v. un·knit or un·knot·ted , un·knot·ting , un·knots To untie or undo . n. In knot theory, a knot that can be unraveled in three-dimensional space into an...

  8. Synonyms for UNKNOT: untie, uncoil, unwind, unlace, unroll, undo, unthread, straighten (out); Antonyms of UNKNOT: entangle, knot, snarl, tie, tangle, wind, braid, ply

  9. (ʌnˈnɒt ) verb (transitive) to untie a knot in (something) She used her left hand to unknot the cord of her bathrobe. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Examples of 'unknot' in a sentence. unknot.

  10. un•knot (un not′ ), v.t., -knot•ted, -knot•ting. to untie by or as if by undoing a knot: to unknot a tie. un - 2 + knot1 1590–1600. 'unknot' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations): unknotty - untie. Forum discussions with the word (s) "unknot" in the title: No titles with the word (s) "unknot".

  11. verb. These are words and phrases related to unknot. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of unknot. UNTIE. Synonyms. untie. unfasten. loose. undo. unbind. Antonym. tie. Synonyms for unknot from Random House Roget's College Thesaurus, Revised and Updated Edition © 2000 Random House, Inc. Browse.