"unstitch" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: unstitches [present, singular, third-person], unstitching [participle, present], unstitched [participle, past], unstitched [past]
Etymology: un- + stitch Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|stitch}} un- + stitch Head templates: {{en-verb}} unstitch (third-person singular simple present unstitches, present participle unstitching, simple past and past participle unstitched)
  1. (transitive) To take out stitches from. Tags: transitive Synonyms: unpick#Verb Translations (remove stitches from): sökmək (Azerbaijani), разшивам (razšivam) (Bulgarian), párat [imperfective] (Czech), rozpárat [perfective] (Czech), lostornen (Dutch), découdre (French), descoser (Galician), scucire (Italian), пороть (porotʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), fumua (Swahili)
    Sense id: en-unstitch-en-verb-k8pJfwC6 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'remove stitches from': 94 6
  2. (transitive, figurative) To unravel or disunite; to cause to come apart. Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-unstitch-en-verb-X4aGQel~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 26 74 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: unpicker

Inflected forms

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