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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. : to undo a knot in. unknot a rope. an unknotted tie. Examples of unknot in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web The idea is that a meditative approach can allow people to feel with resilience and unknot the ropework of repression without being flooded into despair.

  4. (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. Word Frequency. unknot in American English. (ʌnˈnɑt ) verb transitive Word forms: unˈknotted or unˈknotting. 1. to untie (a knot) 2.

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

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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...

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

  11. Unknot Definition. In knot theory, a knot that can be unraveled in three-dimensional space into an untangled loop without cutting it or intersecting it with itself.