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untwist
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb untwist has 1 sense
- untwist(v = verb.contact) Array - cause to become untwisted; Array is one way to straighten, straighten out
Antonym: twist
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
untwist, v. t. [1st pref. un- + twist.].
- To separate and open, as twisted threads; to turn back, as that which is twisted; to untwine. [1913 Webster]"If one of the twines of the twist do untwist,
The twine that untwisteth, untwisteth the twist." [1913 Webster] - To untie; to open; to disentangle. Milton. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
untwist
answer, bottom, clarify, clear up, crack, debug, decipher, decode, disembroil, disentangle, disintricate, disinvolve, divine, do, dope, dope out, explain, fathom, figure out, find out, find the answer, find the solution, get, get right, guess, guess right, have it, hit it, interpret, make out, open the lock, plumb, psych, psych out, puzzle out, ravel, ravel out, resolve, riddle, solve, sort out, unbraid, unclutter, uncoil, undo, unknot, unlock, unmix, unravel, unriddle, unscramble, unsnarl, untangle, unthread, untwine, unweave, unwind, work, work outROGET THESAURUS
untwist
Evolution
VB evolve, unfold, unroll, unwind, uncoil, untwist, unfurl, untwine, unravel, untangle, disentangle, develop.
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