English verb: unpick | |||
1. | unpick (contact) become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of | ||
Samples | Unravel the thread. | ||
Synonyms | unknot, unravel, unscramble, untangle | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | undo | ||
Entail | disunite, divide, part, separate | ||
Antonyms | ravel, tangle, knot | ||
2. | unpick (contact) undo (the stitches) of (a piece of sewing) | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | undo | ||