unknot
un·knot
(ŭn-nŏt′)tr.v. un·knit or un·knot·ted, un·knot·ting, un·knots
To untie or undo (a knot).
n. (ŭn′nŏt′)
In knot theory, a knot that can be unraveled in three-dimensional space into an untangled loop without cutting it or intersecting it with itself.
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unknot
(ʌnˈnɒt)vb (tr)
to untie a knot in (something)
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unknot
Past participle: unknotted
Gerund: unknotting
| Imperative |
|---|
| unknot |
| unknot |
| Present |
|---|
| I unknot |
| you unknot |
| he/she/it unknots |
| we unknot |
| you unknot |
| they unknot |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I unknotted |
| you unknotted |
| he/she/it unknotted |
| we unknotted |
| you unknotted |
| they unknotted |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am unknotting |
| you are unknotting |
| he/she/it is unknotting |
| we are unknotting |
| you are unknotting |
| they are unknotting |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have unknotted |
| you have unknotted |
| he/she/it has unknotted |
| we have unknotted |
| you have unknotted |
| they have unknotted |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was unknotting |
| you were unknotting |
| he/she/it was unknotting |
| we were unknotting |
| you were unknotting |
| they were unknotting |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had unknotted |
| you had unknotted |
| he/she/it had unknotted |
| we had unknotted |
| you had unknotted |
| they had unknotted |
| Future |
|---|
| I will unknot |
| you will unknot |
| he/she/it will unknot |
| we will unknot |
| you will unknot |
| they will unknot |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have unknotted |
| you will have unknotted |
| he/she/it will have unknotted |
| we will have unknotted |
| you will have unknotted |
| they will have unknotted |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be unknotting |
| you will be unknotting |
| he/she/it will be unknotting |
| we will be unknotting |
| you will be unknotting |
| they will be unknotting |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been unknotting |
| you have been unknotting |
| he/she/it has been unknotting |
| we have been unknotting |
| you have been unknotting |
| they have been unknotting |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been unknotting |
| you will have been unknotting |
| he/she/it will have been unknotting |
| we will have been unknotting |
| you will have been unknotting |
| they will have been unknotting |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been unknotting |
| you had been unknotting |
| he/she/it had been unknotting |
| we had been unknotting |
| you had been unknotting |
| they had been unknotting |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would unknot |
| you would unknot |
| he/she/it would unknot |
| we would unknot |
| you would unknot |
| they would unknot |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have unknotted |
| you would have unknotted |
| he/she/it would have unknotted |
| we would have unknotted |
| you would have unknotted |
| they would have unknotted |
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Verb | 1. |  unknot - become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of; "unravel the thread"undo - cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect; "I wish I could undo my actions" ravel, tangle, knot - tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story" |
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