to unkink

Examples

• All

• The girl sat the baby in a nearby armchair and started unkinking a tangled power cord running to a pair of headphones.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Dick Sherman bent and stretched, unkinked his legs, and reached his arms over his head, while Tom Guthrie stood behind the gutted horse, looking at the two boys.

  Fiction book (1998)

• After a long car ride, she needed to unkink her legs by stretching them out.

• To prevent the cable from getting damaged, make sure to unkink it after use.

Synonyms

S

to straighten

vsto unkink

114 2.5

Make something straight and in the right position

applies to fixing small folds or tight loops rather than posture

S

to straighten out

vsto unkink

11 2.9

To make something free of bends, twists, or knots

is narrower, used for fixing small sharp folds and tight turns

U

to unwind

vsto unkink

5 3.7

Make a wrapped or twisted thing loose and straight

focuses on removing small folds and tight loops rather than unwrapping

U

to uncoil

vsto unkink

3 3.7

To make something that is rolled or curled become straight

is used more often for removing small folds and loops from spiraled items

U

to untwist

vsto unkink

2 3.7

To make something that is twisted become straight

is mainly for removing small sharp folds rather than loose turns

U

to uncurl

vsto unkink

2 3.2

To move from a rolled or folded shape into a more open form

is used for removing tight turns and folds rather than only opening rolls

U

to unbend

vsto unkink

4.9

Make a part straight after it becomes curved

is used for removing tight turns and small loops rather than gentle curves

How Straight

to iron out

1 3.1

to straighten

114 2.5

to unkink

1 5.8

to untwist

2 3.7

to flatten

23 2.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology