UNPICK

unpick

(verb) undo (the stitches) of (a piece of sewing)

unravel, unknot, unscramble, untangle, unpick

(verb) become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of; “unravel the thread”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

unpick (third-person singular simple present unpicks, present participle unpicking, simple past and past participle unpicked)

(sewing) To undo sewing stitches.

(knitting) To undo knitting in order to reuse the wool.

To unravel or untangle the threads of a rope etc.

(figuratively) To disassemble.

Source: Wiktionary


Un*pick, v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- (intensive) + pick.]

Definition: To pick out; to undo by picking.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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RIGHT

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Coffee Trivia

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.

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