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Definition: UNTHREAD |
UNTHREADTransitive verb1. To make one's way through; to traverse; as, to unthread a devious path. 2. To deprive of ligaments; to loose the ligaments of. 3. To draw or take out a thread from; as, to unthread a needle. |
Date "UNTHREAD" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1595. (references) |
Expression using "UNTHREAD": to unthread text. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "UNTHREAD"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | heq pe nga gjilpëra. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | разгадавам (make out, puzzle out, read, study, unpuzzle, unriddle), намирам изход от, изнизвам, измъквам се (escape, fink, get out of, hike, recede, ride up, skin away, skip, skulk off, slip off, slope, steal away, steal out, weasel, work off), издявам. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vyvléknout. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | نخ بیرون اوردن از(مثلاازسوزن). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | ausfädeln (unloading), abfädeln (unstring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kifûz (unlace). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sfilare (get unthreaded, parade, process, slip, slip off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eadunthray sair de (check out, vacant, vacate), desenfiar (defilade). (various references) вынуть нитку. (various references) provući se (get by, pull through, scrape, scrape through, squeeze through), izvući konac, iskobeljati se (wriggle out of). (various references) yolunu bulmak (conjure, find one's bearings, get around, get one's bearings, manage), ipten çıkarmak (unstring), ipini çıkarmak (unstring), açmak (bare, beat, bring up in conversation, bring up the subject, broach, cave, cave in, clear, clear away, clear off, clear up, cleave, cut, cut loose, dehisce, denude, dilate, dilute, disclose, disentangle, elaborate, evolve, expand, fade, inaugurate, institute, lay open, lead, lighten, loosen, loosen up, offer, open, open out, open up, pass, put up, ring up, shake out, sharpen, site, spread, spread out, strip, switch on, thaw, thaw out, throw open, tint, turn on, turn up, unbind, unbosom, unburden, uncase, unclasp, uncloak, unclose, unclothe, uncoil, uncover, uncross, uncurl, undo, unfold, unfurl, unhitch, unlock, unloose, unpack, unpin, unplait, unroll, unseal, unsnarl, unstop, untangle, untie, untwine, untwist, unwind, unwrap, usher in, whet, whiten, wind). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "UNTHREAD": unthreaded, unthreading, unthreads. (additional references) | |
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"UNTHREAD" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: unther. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-h-n-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: daunter, haunted, haunter, natured, thunder, unearth, unheard, unrated, untread, urethan. | |
-2 letters: anther, ardent, dearth, dhurna, hanted, harden, hatred, hunted, hunter, nature, ranted, thenar, thread, tundra, turned, unread. | |
-3 letters: anted, antre, dater, daunt, death, denar, derat, earth, hared, hated, hater, haunt, haute, heard, heart, neath, nuder, rated, rathe, redan, tared, thane, trade, tread, trend. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-h-n-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: uncharted, unearthed, unthreads. | |
+2 letters: earthbound, headhunter, subtrahend, underneath, unfathered, unthreaded, unwreathed. | |
+3 letters: antheridium, draughtsmen, dreadnought, headhunters, hindquarter, subtrahends, thunderclap, thunderhead, unchartered, unharvested, untarnished, unthreading, unweathered. | |
+4 letters: dreadnoughts, hindquarters, housetrained, thunderclaps, thunderheads, unauthorized. | |
+5 letters: chateaubriand, diathermanous, granddaughter, multibranched, unchlorinated. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 4E 54 48 52 45 41 44 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. - .... .-. . .- -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01001110 01010100 01001000 01010010 01000101 01000001 01000100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U N T H R E A D |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 004E 0054 0048 0052 0045 0041 0044 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5548544252393538 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Expressions 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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