unlace

verb

Definition of unlacenext
as in to unfasten

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Recent Examples of unlace More than one hiker has inadvertently gotten the oil on their fingers when unlacing a boot, then transferred it to their forehead. — Jim Cobb, Field & Stream, 10 May 2023 Usher followed — reportedly only after unlacing his skates first — and allegedly went to meet Brown & Co. behind some buses parked outside. — Vulture, 8 May 2023 However, the zipper eliminates having to fully unlace the Kamiak Ridge with each use. — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 6 June 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unlace
  1. unfasten
  2. untie
  3. undo
  4. unbraid
Verb
  • Grant, meanwhile, wore a simple black suit and a white button-up shirt with the first few buttons unfastened in a boyish manner.
    — Raven Brunner, People.com, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Ayoola attempted to put his fingers between his neck and the seatbelt, and was unable to unfasten his seatbelt.
    — Landon Mion, Fox News, 8 Sep. 2024
Definition of unfasten
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  • Several types of operations are required to make the kind of knot that represents 0, untie it and tie it into a knot that represents 1, or create a quantum superposition of the two.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Tina untied the tourniquet on Lilian’s arm and left with the tray of tubes.
    — Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
Definition of untie
Verb
  • Resurrecting state control would put an end to an era of local control realized after a statewide campaign and vote in 2012 to undo the state's police board.
    — arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Unlike some of Trump’s more aggressive executive moves, such as his effort to undo birthright citizenship, his push to remove specific agency heads may better withstand legal challenges from the Left.
    — Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of undo
Verb
  • The work offers hints of a new explanation for how the brain can unbraid overlapping streams of auditory stimuli so quickly and effectively.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Step 4: When the hair is dry and cooled, unbraid the hair and loosen the curls.
    — Felicity Carter, Forbes, 6 June 2021
Definition of unbraid

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“Unlace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unlace. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.

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