unknot

verb

Definition of unknotnext
as in to untie

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Recent Examples of unknot Our columnists are ready to unknot your interpersonal complications. — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 7 July 2026 That means that there’s a sequence of two crossing changes that unknots the lefthand side of the connect sum, and a sequence of three crossing changes that unknots the righthand side. — Leila Sloman, Wired News, 8 Nov. 2025 What at first presents itself as a survival horror, though, slowly unknots itself with twists and turns. — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 20 Sep. 2024 In nearly eight years, the Republican has appointed nearly 60 percent of the state’s 418 justices, installing judges who will oversee murder trials, reshape constitutional law, and unknot thorny civil litigation for years, if not decades, to come. — Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Dec. 2022 The idea is that a meditative approach can allow people to feel with resilience and unknot the ropework of repression without being flooded into despair. — Hazlitt, 15 Sep. 2022 Acupressure mats can also improve circulation, unknot tight muscles, and improve sleep. — Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 2 Aug. 2022 If someone comes up with an algorithm that can unknot any knot in what’s called polynomial time, that will put the Unknotting Problem fully to rest. — Dave Linkletter, Popular Mechanics, 22 July 2022 One of the issues the Supreme Court must unknot is whether Kennedy was praying as a private citizen or as an assistant coach and school employee. — Editors, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unknot
  1. untie
  2. uncoil
  3. unwind
  4. unlace
  5. unroll
  6. undo
Verb
  • One popular saying suggests a knot tied on a rainy day is harder to untie.
    — Bryan West, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • There, by definition, each match has to have a winner and a loser, so any match that ends in a draw proceeds to two 15-minute periods of overtime, and, if that fails to untie the score, a penalty kick shootout.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 24 June 2026
Definition of untie
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  • If one were to uncoil the long history of US engagement with Latin America, from the halls of Montezuma to the cells of CECOT, what was the most successful period?
    — Max Saltman, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Young helped uncoil her and stretch her out.
    — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2026
Definition of uncoil
Verb
  • When mortgage defaults started going up, the whole system began to unwind.
    — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Now, at the behest of police and firefighter unions across California, state lawmakers are pushing through legislation to unwind parts of Brown’s changes.
    — Daniel Borenstein, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of unwind
Verb
  • More than one hiker has inadvertently gotten the oil on their fingers when unlacing a boot, then transferred it to their forehead.
    — Jim Cobb, Field & Stream, 10 May 2023
  • However, the zipper eliminates having to fully unlace the Kamiak Ridge with each use.
    — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 6 June 2021
Definition of unlace
Verb
  • In the morning, unroll the waves and use a light mist of hairspray.
    — Odeya Pinkus, InStyle, 8 July 2026
  • Researchers have turned to technology to unroll the scrolls virtually since physically unfurling these fragile documents risks destroying them.
    — Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of unroll
Verb
  • Barnes and Rodriguez, who were both seen as potential front-runners, remain on the ballot and votes already cast for them can't be undone.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Hatagan’s testimony at his sentencing undid the fraudulent invoices claim presented by prosecutors and that statute of limitations began when the alleged crime occurred, the motion stated.
    — Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
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“Unknot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unknot. Accessed 13 Aug. 2026.

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