to unpick
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6.4
- verb
- /ʌnˈpɪk/
:
descoser
- Slowly, stitch by stitch, she began to unpick her work.
Examples
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She unpicked the hem in her husband's work pants and stitched the tiny stone into the cuff.
Fiction book (2000) -
She decided to unpick the seams of her old jacket to create a new design.
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Take these, unpick them, and make 3 splendid new dresses out of them.
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The top was all surged together, so it is going to take FOREVER to unpick.
Blog text (17) -
Unpick your threads and begin again.
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We unpicked a shawl the other day.
Fiction book (1993) -
Oakum's the fibers you unpick from the old rope.
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He stands alone, trying to unpick the rope that binds his hands.
Fiction book (1993) -
After making a mistake, he had to unpick the last few stitches to fix it.
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To correct the error, I will unpick the threads and start over with the stitching.
Synonyms
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4.3
To come apart into threads, like a rope or cloth
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1.3
Unfasten something that is tied or fastened
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6.3
To pull out the thread used to join pieces of cloth or close a cut
To remove stitches from cloth or clothing
To undo knitting by taking out stitches to fix a mistake
To take thread out of a needle, cloth, or hole
To pull small nails or pins out of something
Antonyms
How Carefully
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unpick comes from the parts un- ('undo' or 'reverse') and pick ('pull out' or 'take out'). It literally means to pull out stitches, so to unpick in sewing is to remove the thread and undo the seam.