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uncurl

[ uhn-kurl ]

verb (used with or without object)

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


uncurl

/ ʌˈɜː /

verb

  1. to move or cause to move out of a curled or rolled up position
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of uncurl1

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