transitive verb
-·knot′ted, -·knot′ting- to untie (a knot)
- to undo or untangle a knot or knots in
unknot
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unknot
transitive verb
un·knit, or un·knot·ted un·knot·ting, un·knotsTo untie or undo (a knot).
noun
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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Verb
(third-person singular simple present unknots, present participle unknotting, simple past and past participle unknotted)
- To undo (a knot).
Origin
un- +"Ž knot.
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