to unstitch
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6.3
- verb
- /ʌnˈstɪtʃ/
- As Grama also started to unstitch some of Susan's wayward seams, she continued, "Well, to begin with, you need to understand that learning is a lifelong process."
Examples
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In return, Jennifer continued to help Susan unstitch her blocks in preparation for resewing them together with her newly perfected skill.
Fiction book (1992) -
"And if even all my hair falls out, I'm not going to unstitch the embroidery!" Grandma vowed.
Fiction book (1996) -
After I read over the comments here, I unstitched the bag I have and dumped out the contents.
Blog text (18) -
I took the scissors and unstitched it.
Fiction book (1996) -
Well, "I say, "Hannusya, wouldn't it be nice if you'd unstitch the embroidery?"
Fiction book (1996) -
She sat in the TV room and unstitched every single sequin in the area around the stained section of the sari.
Fiction book (1998) -
Susan had again carefully, and this time secretly, unstitched part of each block and replaced some of her original choice of muted beige pieces with a new sunny yellow fabric.
Fiction book (1992) -
Or thirty drafts—endless late-night stitching and unstitching—to figure out "no, this is stupid, give it up."
Academic text (2010) -
But if you were to begin to pull it apart to know it at its core, you'd have to unstitch 88 inches of waxed thread sewn in a factory on the slopes of a Costa Rican volcano, peel back
Fiction book (2002) -
She carefully unstitched the seams of the dress to alter its fit.
Synonyms
1
6.4
To remove stitches from fabric by taking out the thread
1
5.1
To take thread out of a needle, cloth, or hole
To remove stitches from cloth or clothing
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word unstitch is made of un- 'undo' and stitch 'to sew', so it means to 'undo a stitch' and take out the thread or stitches from cloth or a wound.