"unknit" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Middle English unknitten, unknetten, uncnütten, from Old English uncnyttan, equivalent to un- + knit. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|unknitten}} Middle English unknitten, {{m|enm|unknetten}} unknetten, {{m|enm|uncnutten|uncnütten}} uncnütten, {{inh|en|ang|uncnyttan}} Old English uncnyttan, {{af|en|un-|knit}} un- + knit Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} unknit (not comparable)
  1. Not knitted. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-unknit-en-adj--YfejiYy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 4 17 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 47 20 33

Verb

Forms: unknits [present, singular, third-person], unknitting [participle, present], unknitted [participle, past], unknitted [past]
Etymology: From Middle English unknitten, unknetten, uncnütten, from Old English uncnyttan, equivalent to un- + knit. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|unknitten}} Middle English unknitten, {{m|enm|unknetten}} unknetten, {{m|enm|uncnutten|uncnütten}} uncnütten, {{inh|en|ang|uncnyttan}} Old English uncnyttan, {{af|en|un-|knit}} un- + knit Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} unknit (third-person singular simple present unknits, present participle unknitting, simple past and past participle unknitted)
  1. To unravel.
    Sense id: en-unknit-en-verb-SqZVH6NR
  2. To undo knitted stitches by reversing the knitting motion. Synonyms (undo knitted stitches): tink
    Sense id: en-unknit-en-verb-4CXAYJen Disambiguation of 'undo knitted stitches': 5 95

Inflected forms

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