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

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

Read more on New York Times

Dole eventually learned that he could grip a pen in his right fingers, a technique he used to mask the fact that he couldn’t uncurl them.

Read more on Washington Post

Unable to uncurl from my kneeling position, I stayed there, as if at prayer.

Read more on New York Times

Watching the snails uncurl, julienning vegetables for their meals, I have ceased to lament the future the pandemic upended and have begun instead to find small raptures here, in the many-chambered present we inhabit.

Read more on New York Times

In a split second, Chauhan uncurled his fingers and accepted it.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• spread 
• stretch out www.thesaurus.com
• unfurl 
• unravel