unlace
IPA: ʌnɫˈeɪs
verb
- (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.
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Examples of "unlace" in Sentences
- He wished he could unlace his fingers and lower his arms.
- Saxon assented, but began immediately to unlace her shoes.
- But unlace me they did, rolling me out of the fetid jacket and upon the floor, an inert, helpless thing.
- "And I've made you unlace me, Captain, when you thought I was croaking, and it was all I could do to keep from snickering in your face."
- Now I had but one fear, namely, that they would unlace me; so that it must be understood that my reply was not uttered in braggadocio but was meant to forestall any possible unlacing.
- He always surrounded by his circus of courtiers wanders through the tiring rooms, easy in our company, stopping to chat here and there, and sometimes even helping an actress to unlace her gown.
- The heart knows information that is positioned upon various cues: we first lay in bed with each other, fully clothed, breathing in scentless pheromones, dripping with the desire to be touched, and so fingers delicately lace and unlace swirling patterns on bare skin, elbows and the nape of the neck.
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