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uncurl

[ uhn-kurl ]

/ ʌnˈkɜrl /

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verb (used with or without object)

to straighten or become straightened out from a curl or curled position.

Origin of uncurl

First recorded in 1580–90; un-² + curl

Words nearby uncurl

unctuarium, unctuous, uncultivated, unculture, uncultured, uncurl, uncus, uncustomary, uncut, und so weiter, undamaged

Example sentences from the Web for uncurl

The head seemed the only thing alive about him, except that slow curl and uncurl of the laboring back muscles.

The Lock And Key Library |Various
The rest began to uncurl in the box, and she discovered what had happened.

A Modern Tomboy |L. T. Meade
The boys left the hedgehog to uncurl himself when he pleased, and next went to a cucumber frame where Charley kept a pet toad.

Woodside |Caroline Hadley
After a time Richard convinced himself that the kink was a part of the pig's tail and stopped trying to uncurl it.

Bobby in Search of a Birthday |Lebbeus Mitchell

Then the great army column that has curled itself up like a caterpillar for the night begins slowly to uncurl.

With Rimington |L. March Phillipps

British Dictionary definitions for uncurl

uncurl

/ (ʌnˈkɜːl) /

verb

to move or cause to move out of a curled or rolled up position