Meaning

(transitive) To unravel (something spun, knit, or woven)..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To unravel (something spun, knit, or woven).
2. (transitive, figurative) To counteract fate.
3. (ambitransitive) To untwist (something that is twisted or wound)
4. (ambiintransitive) To stop (something) from spinning.
5. (transitive) To unmake.
6. To counteract or decipher a complicated web of lies, statements, arguments, traditions, etc.
7. To reveal the truth behind PR (public relations) or slanted reporting.
8. (transitive) To disentangle.

Example Sentences

They cannot unspin or unweave themselves, they are threads either of warp or woof.

Do you know how Penelope passed her days in spinning and her nights in ravelling her web? This is why her name is given to all the women who imitate her, who spin and unspin.

Many weavers "unspin" the yarns and respin them to a finer weight.

Since pen and ink cannot alter facts, nor clotho herself unspin the thread of destiny ( § 39 ) , the historian's sole business is to narrate what has happened;

But you, you must unspin fate, go back to find Robin!

No, the prophecy says Kane will be unspun. Not that this person has the power to unspin him.

Cyn. Everything proceeds from the Fates, you say? Zeus. Yes. Cyn. And is it in your power to unspin what they have spun?

I contemplated "unspinning" everything into the two separate colors, but knew I did not have the patience to unwind that much yarn.

Word Forms

• unspins
• unspinning
• unspun

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When Should You Use Unspin?

Use unspin when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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