unweaving
Taking apart fabric
Unweaving is the act of undoing something woven—pulling threads apart to reverse the process of weaving.
The word appears most often figuratively: unweaving a narrative, unweaving a mystery, unweaving the fabric of society.
Keats famously accused Newton of unweaving the rainbow by reducing it to prismatic colors.
Fiber for stitching
- yarnTwisted strand for crafts
- fiberPlant-based digestive aid
- loomFabric-making frame
- weftCrosswise loom threads
warp · fabric · disentangle · untangling · needlework · knitting · spinning · tapestry
Analysis exposing self-contradiction
- dismantlingTaking apart systematically
- dissectingMethodically cutting to examine
- deconstructingBreaking into constituent elements
- unpackingRemoving items from containers
examining · parsing · decomposing · separating · demystifying · scrutinizing · unraveling · investigating
Complete change of direction
- restorationReturning something to condition
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
- repairingRestoring broken items
- rewindingPlaying media backward
undoing · unpicking · dismantling · dissolving · disintegration · unbinding · releasing · freeing
thread
Fiber for stitching
weft · warp · fabric · disentangle · untangling · needlework · knitting · spinning · tapestry · unraveling
deconstruction
Analysis exposing self-contradiction
- dismantlingTaking apart systematically
- dissectingMethodically cutting to examine
- deconstructingBreaking into constituent elements
unpacking · examining · parsing · decomposing · separating · demystifying · scrutinizing · unraveling · investigating · disassembling
reversal
Complete change of direction
- restorationReturning something to condition
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
- repairingRestoring broken items
rewinding · undoing · unpicking · dismantling · dissolving · disintegration · unbinding · releasing · freeing · detaching
- coming apartunravel, fraying, falling apart, coming undone, disintegration
- dissolutionbreakup, breakdown, liquidation, wind down, disintegration
- descramblingunscrambling, rearranging, reordering, word puzzles, letter sorting
unweavinginterweaving
Crossing strands alternately
entwining · intertwining · combining · integrating · interlinking
unweavingweaving
Interlacing strands into fabric
knitting · interlacing · braiding · plaiting · intertwining
weave, weaving, weaver, weaved, interweave, unweave, unwoven, unweaves, unwove