Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To loosen or separate (something twisted) by turning in the opposite direction; unwind.
- intransitive verb To become untwisted.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To separate and open, as threads twisted; turn back from being twisted. Figuratively, to disentangle; solve: as, to
untwist a riddle. - To become separate and loose or straight from having been twisted.
- noun A twist in the opposite direction.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To separate and open, as twisted threads; to turn back, as that which is twisted; to untwine.
- transitive verb To untie; to open; to disentangle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Remove a
twist (from)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb cause to become untwisted
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Examples
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(Apparently Komeito foresees that an election will "untwist" the Diet.
Observing Japan 2008
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Could my HD blinds be defective? untwist the cords and let the shade all the way down. holding both cords together pull it up and down to desired length. pull both cords either to the right or left to lock in place.
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And that's why these psychological interventions sometimes work better than scalpels: They help us to untwist our thoughts.
Thinking Away the Pain Jonah Lehrer 2011
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It helps to untwist and unbunch them, reduces drying time and, best of all, reduces wrinkles.
Hints From Heloise washingtonpost.com 2010
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Before anyone tries to play Peta Bingo, untwist those knickers.
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A little more expensive but less likely to untwist/unravel.
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Not untwist — slack they may be — these last strands of man
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A little more expensive but less likely to untwist/unravel.
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Then you turn the toy upside down and realize you have another 30 minutes to go before you can untwist those damn industrial twist ties (created by satan).
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Fiji residents untwist a fishing net in Tobou, Fiji.
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