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UNWEAVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unweave mean?
• UNWEAVE (verb)
The verb UNWEAVE has 1 sense:
1. undo strands that have been woven together
Familiarity information: UNWEAVE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they unweave ... he / she / it unweaves
Past simple: unweaved / unwove
Past participle: unweaved / unwoven
-ing form: unweaving
... he / she / it unweaves Past simple: unweaved
/ unwove Past participle: unweaved
/ unwoven -ing form: unweaving
Sense 1
Meaning:
Undo strands that have been woven together
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "unweave" is one way to...):
straighten; straighten out (make straight)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
weave (interlace by or as if by weaving)
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