Home › Words › E › eglomerateeglomerateeglomerate means to unwind, as a thread from a ball.EtymologyFrom Latin eglomero, eglomeratus, from e- + glomeratus.verbTo unwind, as a thread from a ball.e.g.“At another signal from Barelegs, their tails gradually eglomerated, and all joyfully made away from the shore, landing in the same order about seventy yards lower down.” — 1845, Heidelberg and the way thither:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.glomerate 73% match — To gather or curl into a ball; to collect (threads, etc.) into a spherical form or mass. vs eglomerate →unspin 65% match — To unravel (something spun, knit, or woven). vs eglomerate →unclue 63% match — To unwind; to untangle. vs eglomerate →unclew 61% match — To unwind, unfold, unravel or untie. vs eglomerate →untwirl 61% match — To untwist; to undo. vs eglomerate →glomeration 61% match — The act of forming or gathering into a ball or round mass vs eglomerate →conglobate 61% match — Shaped like or formed into a ball. vs eglomerate →unskein 61% match — To unwind from a skein vs eglomerate →