unstrand

English

Etymology

Verb

unstrand (third-person singular simple present unstrands, present participle unstranding, simple past and past participle unstranded)

(transitive) To separate the strands of.
- 1927, Radio, volume 9, page 24:
  A convenient supply for this is to unstrand ordinary antenna cable […]
(intransitive) To separate into its individual strands.
- 2004, Esther Freud, The Sea House:
  Elsa's skirt was splashed with wet and her bun was beginning to unstrand.

Anagrams

dunnarts, runstand