Crossword clues for unthread
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Unthread \Un*thread"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + thread.]
To draw or take out a thread from; as, to unthread a needle.
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To deprive of ligaments; to loose the ligaments of.
He with his bare wand can unthread thy joints.
--Milton. To make one's way through; to traverse; as, to unthread a devious path.
--De Quincey.
Wiktionary
vb. (context transitive English) To remove a thread from.
Usage examples of "unthread".
I slipped into the shoulder holster and unthreaded my belt, so I could rethread the holster.
I looked at him as I slipped into the shoulder holster and unthreaded my belt, so I could rethread the holster.
Each moment its connections were coming unthreaded, and it flung itself headlong into the void in a reckless scattering of itself, impatient for the death of its cooling suns.
He unthreaded his round metal-rimmed glasses from his ears and cleaned them, or rather distributed the smudge evenly, using his thumb and finger.
Tate pointed her needle, which had been unthreaded all the morning, at Mrs.
He had deliberately unthreaded his memories, chopped and edited them, and popped them off into storage.
His arms unlaced themselves from his tongue and unthreaded from his eye sockets.
I grabbed the other end of the string and unthreaded it from their gills.
Then another lacing all the way down the back of the skirt had to be unthreaded from the eyelets of seams concealed by a ruffle.
By using twine unthreaded from his cloak and a thorn from a nearby whip tree, Ager made a clumsy but nonetheless usable fishing line.
She suited her actions to her words, unfastening the necklace with gentle hands and unthreading a length of braided silk from the purse at her own waist.
Ostvel held his breath, waiting for her to unthread the sunlight, knowing she must be methodical and not quickfire the way experienced Sunrunners were.