UNPICK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unpick mean? 

• UNPICK (verb)
  The verb UNPICK has 2 senses:

1. become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of

2. undo (the stitches) of (a piece of sewing)

  Familiarity information: UNPICK used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNPICK (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they unpick    ... he / she / it unpicks   
Past simple: unpicked   
Past participle: unpicked   
-ing form: unpicking   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

unknot; unpick; unravel; unscramble; untangle

Context example:

unravel the thread

Hypernyms (to "unpick" is one way to...):

undo (cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect)

"Unpick" entails doing...:

disunite; divide; part; separate (force, take, or pull apart)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Undo (the stitches) of (a piece of sewing)

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "unpick" is one way to...):

undo (cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something