unweave

/' n'wi:v/

Thân thiện

She carefully begins to unweave the colorful threads from the small tapestry.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To separate or undo the threads, strands, or fibers that have been woven together. It is the reverse action of weaving.

Usage

• Verb (transitive): The verb "unweave" requires a direct object—the thing that is being undone.
  • You must carefully unweave the tangled yarn.
  • The goal was to unweave the complex fabric of lies.

Examples

Advanced Usage

• Figurative Use: "Unweave" is often used metaphorically to describe the process of analyzing and disentangling complex ideas, narratives, or systems.
  • The historian sought to unweave the myths surrounding the ancient battle.
  • Her book attempts to unweave the intricate social codes of the era.

Variants and Related Words

• Unwove: Simple past tense of "unweave."
  • She unwove the braid.
• Unwoven: Past participle of "unweave."
  • The scarf had been completely unwoven.
• Weave (v): The antonym and original action; to form fabric by interlacing threads.
• Unravel (v): A near-synonym meaning to undo twisted, knitted, or woven threads, or to solve a complex issue.

Synonyms

• Disentangle: To free something from tangles or complications.
• Unravel: To separate the threads of; also, to investigate and solve.
• Undo: To reverse the doing of; to unfasten or loosen.

Antonyms

• Weave: To form by interlacing threads or materials.
• Knit: To make fabric by interlocking loops of yarn.
• Braid: To weave three or more strands together.
• Entangle: To twist together into a confusing mass; to complicate.

Notes

• "Unweave" is a regular verb in its base form but has an irregular past tense ("unwove") and past participle ("unwoven").
• It is less common than its opposite, "weave," and is frequently employed in literary or analytical contexts for its vivid metaphorical potential.

Học thuật

Verb

1. undo strands that have been woven together