UNTWIST

untwist

(verb) cause to become untwisted

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

untwist (third-person singular simple present untwists, present participle untwisting, simple past and past participle untwisted)

(transitive) To remove a twist from.

(intransitive) To become untwisted.

Noun

untwist (plural untwists)

A twist in the opposite direction.

Source: Wiktionary


Un*twist", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + twist.]

1. To separate and open, as twisted threads; to turn back, as that which is twisted; to untwine. If one of the twines of the twist do untwist, The twine that untwisteth, untwisteth the twist. Wallis.

2. To untie; to open; to disentangle. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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