unlace

present singular third person unlaces · participle present unlacing · participle past unlaced · past unlaced

1. transitiveTo remove the knot from laces; to undo laces.

   Unlace your shoes before taking them off.

   1 more example

   Bradly tapped the ashes from his pipe, signifying a leisured interlude over. "Time to get a move on," he said, and began to unlace his boots for wading.

   1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 139

2. transitiveTo loosen the clothing of (a person).
3. transitiveTo remove (film) from a projector.