unstick

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: un=stick

CIDE DICTIONARY

unstick, v. t. [1st pref. un- + stick.].

 To release, as one thing stuck to another.  Richardson.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

unstick, v. & n.
--v. (past and past part. unstuck)
1 tr. separate (a thing stuck to another).
2 Aeron. colloq. a intr. take off. b tr. cause (an aircraft) to take off.
--n. Aeron. colloq. the moment of take-off.

Idiom

come unstuck colloq. come to grief, fail.

THESAURUS

unstick

cast off, detach, diffuse, disengage, disjoin, disperse, doff, ease, ease off, free, let go, let up, liberate, loose, loosen, relax, release, remove, scatter, slack, slack off, slacken, take off, unbar, unbind, unbolt, unbuckle, unbutton, unchain, unclasp, undo, unfasten, unfetter, unglue, unlace, unlatch, unleash, unlock, unloose, unloosen, unstrap, untie, weigh anchor