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/un weev"/, v.t., unwove, unwoven, unweaving.to undo, take apart, or separate (something woven); unravel.[1535-45; UN-2 + WEAVE]
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Unweave — Un*weave , v. t. [1st pref. un + weave.] To unfold; to undo; to ravel, as what has been woven. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
unweave — [spelling only] … English World dictionary
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unweave — transitive verb (unwove; unwoven; weaving) Date: 1542 disentangle, unravel … New Collegiate Dictionary
unweave — verb To undo something woven. Now she unweaves the web that she hath wrought … Wiktionary
unweave — Synonyms and related words: answer, bottom, clarify, clear up, crack, debug, decipher, decode, disembroil, disentangle, disintricate, disinvolve, divine, do, dope, dope out, explain, fathom, figure out, find out, find the answer, find the… … Moby Thesaurus
unweave — v. unstitch, remove stitches, untie; discover, expose … English contemporary dictionary
unweave — un·weave … English syllables
unweave — un•weave′ v. t. wove, wo•ven, weav•ing … From formal English to slang
unweave — verb undo strands that have been woven together • Ant: ↑weave • Hypernyms: ↑straighten, ↑straighten out • Verb Frames: Somebody s something … Useful english dictionary
