unknitted
Loosened the stitches
Unknitted means loosened or unraveled from a knitted state.
Brows that were knitted in concentration or worry become unknitted when the tension releases: Her face unknitted as she finally understood.
The word can describe anything that was tightly joined coming apart: The alliance unknitted after the war ended.
Came undone or solved
- unwovenNot interlaced together
- unstitchedSeams have come apart
- frayedUnraveled at edges
- unboundNot tied down
loosened · undone · unpicked · unraveling · threadbare · unspooled · unwound · unbraided
Separated from a source
- fragmentedBroken into pieces
- disjointedLacking orderly sequence
- brokenDamaged beyond function
- separatedPut or kept apart
disintegrated · fractured · divided · scattered · unraveled · dissolved · disbanded · disrupted
unraveled
Came undone or solved
- unwovenNot interlaced together
- unstitchedSeams have come apart
- frayedUnraveled at edges
unbound · loosened · undone · unpicked · unraveling · threadbare · unspooled · unwound · unbraided · disentangled
disconnected
Separated from a source
- fragmentedBroken into pieces
- disjointedLacking orderly sequence
- brokenDamaged beyond function
separated · disintegrated · fractured · divided · scattered · unraveled · dissolved · disbanded · disrupted · disunited
unfurrowed
Not creased or lined
eased · softened · uncreased · unwrinkled · released · calmed · unbunched · slackened