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Etymology

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From un- +‎ lace.

Verb

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unlace (third-person singular simple present unlaces, present participle unlacing, simple past and past participle unlaced)

  1. (transitive) To remove the knot from laces; to undo laces.
    Unlace your shoes before taking them off.
    • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 139:
      Bradly tapped the ashes from his pipe, signifying a leisured interlude over. "Time to get a move on," he said, and began to unlace his boots for wading.
  2. (transitive) To loosen the clothing of (a person).
  3. (transitive) To remove (film) from a projector.

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