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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 togetherplay

  Familiarity information: UNWEAVE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UNWEAVE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they unweave  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it unweaves  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: unweaved  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation / unwove  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: unweaved  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation / unwoven  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: unweaving  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


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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