unstrand

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verb

To separate the strands of.

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Meanings

verbunstrand (third-person singular simple present unstrands, present participle unstranding, simple past and past participle unstranded)

present singular third person unstrands · participle present unstranding · participle past unstranded · past unstranded

  1. transitiveTo separate the strands of.

    A convenient supply for this is to unstrand ordinary antenna cable[…]

    1927, Radio, volume 9, page 24
  2. intransitiveTo separate into its individual strands.

    Elsa's skirt was splashed with wet and her bun was beginning to unstrand.

    2004, Esther Freud, The Sea House

Origin

From un- + strand.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

runstand
Cite this entry
APA

unstrand. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unstrand

MLA

“unstrand.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unstrand. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unstrand,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unstrand.

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