untwist

[ uhn-twist ]

verb (used with or without object)

1. to bring or come out of a twisted condition.

Word History and Origins

Origin of untwist¹

First recorded in 1530–40; un- ² + twist

Example Sentences

The children stood round in a circle, and the hoop was twisted up tightly and then let to untwist itself slowly.

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Bartley watched Cheyenne untwist a piece of soft rope and make a pair of serviceable hobbles.

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I lutined their hair so nicely for them that when they woke they could not untwist it, and had to cut it off!

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Cymon began to untwist some of Owen's work; and Owen bore this trial of his patience with good temper.

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In so doing the thread is apt to untwist itself, and wants constantly re-twisting.

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