untie, unbrace, unlace
(verb) undo the ties of; “They untied the prisoner”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
unlace (third-person singular simple present unlaces, present participle unlacing, simple past and past participle unlaced)
(transitive) To remove the knot from laces; to undo laces.
(transitive) To loosen the clothing of (a person).
(transitive) To remove (film) from a projector.
• lace up
• Lucena, auncel, cuneal, lacune, launce
Source: Wiktionary
Un*lace", v. t. Etym: [1st un- + lace.]
1. To loose by undoing a lacing; as, to unlace a shoe.
2. To loose the dress of; to undress; hence, to expose; to disgrace. What's the matter, That you unlace your reputation thus Shak.
3. (Naut.)
Definition: To loose, and take off, as a bonnet from a sail, or to cast off, as any lacing in any part of the rigging of a vessel. Totten.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
