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Definition of unstick in English: unstickverbunsticks, unstuck, unstickingˈʌnstɪkˌənˈstɪk 1with object Cause to become no longer stuck together. I slowly began to try and unstick my eyes Example sentencesExamples - After dusting it off and unsticking two of the pages, he began to read.
- Becoming unstuck is most often accomplished through the serendipitous discovery and acquisition of another label.
- ‘This looks like the place,’ Kate said, trying to unstick a poster from her shoe.
- ‘I don't know,’ I whined, unsticking my shirt from my back.
- He tried to move left, right, back, but his shirt was stuck fast to the roots and moving forwards to unstick himself was impossible against the force of the water.
- Before the class I had been stuck and yoga unstuck me.
- He clipped the ropes to the new anchors, rapped and unstuck the ropes (they were in the water too) and prussiced back up to the anchors.
- ‘I unstick them from their attachment to the saddle,’ she says.
- Computer Help Desk technicians are greeted by office staff as saviors when they arrive to unstick a stuck PC.
- Without even thinking to check if the windows were open, he took his shirt off, too, wincing at the slippery, uncomfortable sensation that it evoked as the wet cotton unstuck itself from his skin.
- At 09:42, it is assumed that she heard ringing from inside the fridge as she was seen pulling the now unstuck door open by two eyewitnesses.
- I unstuck a Jaffa Cake from my left cheek and wriggled into a pair of jeans.
- Of course it's possible to unstick the rear wheels in corners, but you've really got to be going after hooligan thrills.
- ‘Calm down,’ I said, unsticking her hair from her clammy face.
- We've oiled the lock, unstuck the door, cleared the vault of leaves and swept the place.
- Each of these scenarios illustrates people who are stuck and can be unstuck only by finding other people who have requisite knowledge and experience to move them to the next appropriate action.
- The key things for unsticking a rusted life, I found, were focus and fearlessness.
- However these systems are not as satisfactory overall as full-time systems - it is not too difficult to unstick the rear wheels if you aren't careful, particularly on slippery roads.
- I've got to get out of the house early today, as it will take me quite a while to unstick my car from the ice-encrusted driveway.
- Defragmenting the hard drive takes precedence over unsticking the deadbolt.
Synonyms make slack, slacken, slack 2British informal no object (of an aircraft) take off. when she unstuck from the water we went away low Example sentencesExamples - We unstuck, climbed out over Dar es Salaam Harbour, turned north, flew past Zanzibar and over the west coast of Pemba.
- 2.1with object Cause (an aircraft) to take off.
Example sentencesExamples - Its also much harder to unstick the plane from the runway; in fact, it seems to want to settle right back down again.
nounPlural unsticksˈʌnstɪkˈənˌstɪk mass nounBritish informal The moment at which an aircraft takes off. hold the wing level until unstick Example sentencesExamples - Next comes the minimum unstick speed, Vmu, which defines the point at which the aircraft could take off if the maximum possible rotation angle were reached.
Phrases 1Become separated or unfastened. one of her eyelashes had come unstuck Example sentencesExamples - Unfortunately as attempts were made to haul the longboat off the rocks a rope came unstuck and struck one of the Islanders, almost severing their right elbow.
Synonyms break up, fall to bits, fall to pieces, come to bits, come to pieces, disintegrate, splinter, come unstuck, crumble, separate, split, tear, collapse, dissolve - 1.1informal Fail completely.
all their clever ideas came unstuck Example sentencesExamples - We will come unstuck because we are not generating wealth to rival public investment.
- Anyone in any doubt about the importance of a good business plan should watch BBC2's Dragons' Den to get an idea of how a budding entrepreneur can come unstuck without one.
- Sadly he failed to continue that form for long, coming unstuck in the ensuing round.
- As an attacking golfer, he can come unstuck when he fails to play it safe.
- They failed to convince against unfancied Ireland and Wales, before coming unstuck against England and South Africa and finally slumping to a record defeat to old rivals New Zealand.
Synonyms fail, meet with failure, meet with disaster, miscarry, go wrong, go awry, fall through, fall flat, be frustrated, break down, collapse, founder, fold, come to nothing, come to naught
Definition of unstick in US English: unstickverbˌənˈstikˌənˈstɪk 1with object Cause to become no longer stuck together. I slowly began to try and unstick my eyes Example sentencesExamples - However these systems are not as satisfactory overall as full-time systems - it is not too difficult to unstick the rear wheels if you aren't careful, particularly on slippery roads.
- ‘I unstick them from their attachment to the saddle,’ she says.
- He tried to move left, right, back, but his shirt was stuck fast to the roots and moving forwards to unstick himself was impossible against the force of the water.
- After dusting it off and unsticking two of the pages, he began to read.
- He clipped the ropes to the new anchors, rapped and unstuck the ropes (they were in the water too) and prussiced back up to the anchors.
- At 09:42, it is assumed that she heard ringing from inside the fridge as she was seen pulling the now unstuck door open by two eyewitnesses.
- We've oiled the lock, unstuck the door, cleared the vault of leaves and swept the place.
- Each of these scenarios illustrates people who are stuck and can be unstuck only by finding other people who have requisite knowledge and experience to move them to the next appropriate action.
- The key things for unsticking a rusted life, I found, were focus and fearlessness.
- ‘Calm down,’ I said, unsticking her hair from her clammy face.
- ‘I don't know,’ I whined, unsticking my shirt from my back.
- Becoming unstuck is most often accomplished through the serendipitous discovery and acquisition of another label.
- Computer Help Desk technicians are greeted by office staff as saviors when they arrive to unstick a stuck PC.
- Without even thinking to check if the windows were open, he took his shirt off, too, wincing at the slippery, uncomfortable sensation that it evoked as the wet cotton unstuck itself from his skin.
- Defragmenting the hard drive takes precedence over unsticking the deadbolt.
- ‘This looks like the place,’ Kate said, trying to unstick a poster from her shoe.
- I unstuck a Jaffa Cake from my left cheek and wriggled into a pair of jeans.
- Before the class I had been stuck and yoga unstuck me.
- Of course it's possible to unstick the rear wheels in corners, but you've really got to be going after hooligan thrills.
- I've got to get out of the house early today, as it will take me quite a while to unstick my car from the ice-encrusted driveway.
Synonyms make slack, slacken, slack 2Aeronautics
no object (of an aircraft) leave the ground when taking off. when she unstuck from the water we went away low Example sentencesExamples - We unstuck, climbed out over Dar es Salaam Harbour, turned north, flew past Zanzibar and over the west coast of Pemba.
nounˈənˌstikˈənˌstɪk Aeronautics The moment at which an aircraft leaves the ground when taking off. hold the wing level until unstick Example sentencesExamples - Next comes the minimum unstick speed, Vmu, which defines the point at which the aircraft could take off if the maximum possible rotation angle were reached.
Phrases 1Become separated or unfastened. Example sentencesExamples - Unfortunately as attempts were made to haul the longboat off the rocks a rope came unstuck and struck one of the Islanders, almost severing their right elbow.
Synonyms break up, fall to bits, fall to pieces, come to bits, come to pieces, disintegrate, splinter, come unstuck, crumble, separate, split, tear, collapse, dissolve - 1.1informal Fail completely.
all their clever ideas came unstuck Example sentencesExamples - As an attacking golfer, he can come unstuck when he fails to play it safe.
- Anyone in any doubt about the importance of a good business plan should watch BBC2's Dragons' Den to get an idea of how a budding entrepreneur can come unstuck without one.
- Sadly he failed to continue that form for long, coming unstuck in the ensuing round.
- They failed to convince against unfancied Ireland and Wales, before coming unstuck against England and South Africa and finally slumping to a record defeat to old rivals New Zealand.
- We will come unstuck because we are not generating wealth to rival public investment.
Synonyms fail, meet with failure, meet with disaster, miscarry, go wrong, go awry, fall through, fall flat, be frustrated, break down, collapse, founder, fold, come to nothing, come to naught
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