Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unthread

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-thread
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To draw or remove a thread from.

Transitive verb

verb

To loosen the connections of.

Transitive verb

verb

To make one's way through.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Its eyes, though wild, were still all dewy bright / With love, and kept all phantom fear aloof / From the poor girl by magic of their light, / The while it did unthread the horrid woof / Of the late darken'd time,— […]"
""Good and evil! good and evil!" thought he; "ye are mingled inextricably in the web of our being; and who may unthread the darker yarn?""

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English thread English unthread From un- + thread.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

unthreads (present, singular) unthreading (participle, present) unthreaded (participle, past) unthreaded (past)

Questions

What does unthread mean?: To draw or remove a thread from.
Where does unthread come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English thread English unthread From un- + thread.

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