Meanings
verbunstitch (third-person singular simple present unstitches, present participle unstitching, simple past and past participle unstitched)
present singular third person unstitches · participle present unstitching · participle past unstitched · past unstitched
- figurativelytransitiveTo unravel or disunite; to cause to come apart.
When racially charged killings in the 1980s unstitched already flimsy race relations in the city, the Slave Theater grew to be more than just a movie house, it became a symbol and center of black activism.
2007 November 18, Trymaine Lee, “A Symbol of Activism Is at Center of Court Dispute”, in New York Times
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo take out stitches from.
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Bulgarian разшивам
- разшивам (razšivam)remove stitches from
Catalan descosir
- descosirremove stitches from
Czech párat, rozpárat
- páratremove stitches from
- rozpáratremove stitches from
Dutch lostornen
- lostornenremove stitches from
French découdre
- découdreremove stitches from
Italian scucire
- scucireremove stitches from
Russian пороть
- пороть (porotʹ)remove stitches from
Swahili fumua
- fumuaremove stitches from
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APA
unstitch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unstitch
MLA
“unstitch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unstitch. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unstitch,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unstitch.
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