Untwine

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To separate the twisted strands of: untwine a rope.
  • v. To disentangle.
  • verb-intransitive. To become untwined.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To untwist the strands of something entwined
  • v. To disentangle
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To untwist; to separate, as that which is twined or twisted; to disentangle; to untie.
  • verb-intransitive. To become untwined.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To untwist; open or separate after having been twisted; untie; disentangle; hence, figuratively, to explain; solve.
  • To unwind, as a vine or anything that has been twined around something else: literally or figuratively.
  • To become untwined.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. undo what has been twined together
    • Verb Form
    untwined    untwines    untwining   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    straighten out    straighten   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    untwist    disentangle    untie   
     
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