to unsew

Examples

• All

• It takes a lot of time to sew stuff together, and it's actually hard to unsew things, and then it's really time consuming again to sew them back together.

• The tailor suggested that I unsew the patches so he could fix the fabric underneath.

• I unsewed each, lengthened and tapered the front panel.

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• She decided to unsew the hem of her dress to make it longer.

Synonyms

U

to unravel

vsto unsew

38 4.3

To come apart into threads, like a rope or cloth

means removing stitches or becoming unstitched rather than passive fraying

U

to unpick

vsto unsew

1 6.4

To remove stitches from fabric by taking out the thread

allows deliberate stitch removal or sudden coming apart

U

to unstitch

vsto unsew

1 6.3

To pull out the thread used to join pieces of cloth or close a cut

is the general action of undoing stitches or becoming unstitched

U

to unthread

vsto unsew

5.1

To take thread out of a needle, cloth, or hole

specifies undoing stitches or coming apart rather than just removing thread

Antonyms

S

to sew

242 1.0

Join, fix and make clothes and other things made of cloth using a needle and thread or a machine

How Undone

rip

23 1.9

to tear

∞ 1.0

to unsew

8.4

to unpick

1 6.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology