uncurl

[uhn-kurl]

verb (used with or without object)

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

uncurl

/ ʌnˈkɜːl /

verb

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of uncurl¹

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

Example Sentences

And I saw, in every tiny motion, my fingers uncurl Peach’s fingers.

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It was like the time she’d been in her hidey-hole back in Georgia and saw a snake sunning itself only to watch it uncurl.

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He uncurled himself slowly and sat up a little straighter.

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He uncurls the tangled mystery of this maze.

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When he makes a fist, then uncurls his fingers, Athena does the same.

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