unlay

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of UNLAY

to separate the various strands of <our tour guide at the maritime museum showed us how sailors used to unlay rope>

Synonyms disentangle, ravel (out), unbraid, unlay, unsnarl, untangle, untwine, untwist, unweave

Related Words fray, fret; smooth, straighten (out); uncoil, undo, unknot, unlace, unroll, unstring, unthread, untie, unwind

Near Antonyms braid, knot, lace, plait, ply, splice, tie, wind

Antonyms entangle, snarl, tangle

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