unweave

unweave
transitive verb (unwove; unwoven; -weaving) Date: 1542 disentangle, unravel

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  • unweave — [spelling only] …   English World dictionary

  • Unweave the Weave — project is a current road construction project, conducted under the operations of the Minnesota Department of Transportation [ [http://dot.state.mn.us/ Minnesota Department of Transportation home page] ] . The project is being done to reconstruct …   Wikipedia

  • unweave — /un weev /, v.t., unwove, unwoven, unweaving. to undo, take apart, or separate (something woven); unravel. [1535 45; UN 2 + WEAVE] * * * …   Universalium

  • 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

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