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- [uhn-twist]
- /ʌnˈtwɪst/
- /ˈʌnˈtwɪst/
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- [uhn-twist]
- /ʌnˈtwɪst/
Definitions of untwist word
- verb untwist to untangle 0
- verb untwist to straighten out 0
- verb untwist to unravel or separate the strands of 0
- verb untwist to unscrew or loosen 0
- verb untwist to become straight 0
- verb untwist to unravel or separate 0
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Origin of untwist
First appearance:
before 1530 One of the 29% oldest English words
First recorded in 1530-40; un-2 + twist
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Parts of speech for Untwist
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
untwist popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 69% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
Synonyms for untwist
verb untwist
- develop — When something develops, it grows or changes over a period of time and usually becomes more advanced, complete, or severe.
- disembroil — to free from embroilment, entanglement, or confusion.
- disentangle — Free (something or someone) from an entanglement; extricate.
- let go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- diffused — Simple past tense and past participle of diffuse.
Antonyms for untwist
verb untwist
- boxed in — simple past tense and past participle of box in.
- braid — Braid is a narrow piece of decorated cloth or twisted threads, which is used to decorate clothes or curtains.
- buffalo — A buffalo is a wild animal like a large cow with horns that curve upwards. Buffalo are usually found in southern and eastern Africa.
- buffaloed — any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.
- buffaloing — any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.
Top questions with untwist
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