to untwist
3
3.7
- verb
- /ʌnˈtwɪst/
- "Frankel untwisted a few more kinks in a cable."
- untwist the wire
- began to untwist
Examples
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The young man takes the pins from her hair one by one, and her hair untwists from her head and touches the floor.
Fiction book (1994) -
Before using the garden hose, make sure to untwist it to avoid any kinks.
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Then the next day, I untwist it and wear it out.
Blog text (25) -
So we have to untwist the rail.
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So what you do is just untwist the wires there.
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Once distributed, I untwist one at a time.
Blog text (25) -
Very patiently, I began to untwist the wire.
Fiction book (1992) -
His thick hands moved very slowly, carefully untwisting the line and laying the coils even and flat.
Fiction book (1997) -
To fix the necklace, she had to untwist the chain that had become tangled.
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He carefully untwisted the wires to connect the new lights to the circuit.
Synonyms
53
4.3
To come apart into threads, like a rope or cloth
15
3.7
Make a wrapped or twisted thing loose and straight
13
3.5
To separate threads or cords that are twisted together
10
2.9
To make something free of bends, twists, or knots
3
3.2
To move from a rolled or folded shape into a more open form
3
3.7
To make something that is rolled or curled become straight
2
5.3
To free something twisted and knotted, like a cord
1
5.8
To make a hose, wire, or rope straight by removing bends
1
7.6
To free something from a tangle, like knots in rope or wire
1
7.4
To separate things that are twisted together, like cables or yarn
Antonyms
How Straight
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Morphology
Etymology
The word untwist is made of the small part un- meaning 'reverse' and twist meaning 'to turn', like in the words undo or untie. So to untwist something is to 'reverse a turn' and make it straight or loose again.