transitive. To untwist; to undo by untwisting or disentangling. Frequently in figurative context.
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| 释义 | the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > loosen, unfasten, or untie [verb (transitive)] > untwist, unravel, etc. (27) untwinec1407 transitive. To untwist; to undo by untwisting or disentangling. Frequently in figurative context. unlacea1450 transitive. To loosen or remove (a cord, rope, etc.) which has been laced, woven, or threaded through something else; to unthread. Also in extended… untwindc1460 = untwine, v. untwist1538 transitive. To restore from a twisted state; to untwine. Also in figurative context. unweave1542 transitive. To take out of a woven, intertwined, or entangled state or condition; esp. to unravel or undo (a woven fabric). distwine1562 transitive. To disentwine, unfasten. feaze1568 transitive. To unravel (a rope), etc. unpleat1572 transitive. To undo the pleats or folds in. unspin1587 (un-, prefix2 affix 1a. Cf. Dutch ontspinnen.) unplat1589 transitive. To release from a plait or fold; to unplait. Also figurative. unwreathe1591 transitive. To free from a wreathed or entwined condition; to disentwine, untwist. Also reflexive. unreave1593 transitive. To unravel. unravel1603 transitive. To cause to be no longer ravelled, tangled, or intertwined, to disentangle; to unweave or undo (a fabric, esp. a knitted one)… ravel1607 transitive. Frequently with out (formerly also †away). To draw or pull out (a thread, strand, etc.) by unravelling or unwinding. Also figurative… unwrithe1611 transitive. = unwreathe, v.1 uncluea1616 transitive. To undo, unwind; to reveal, open up. Also figurative: to ruin. Also reflexive. unwork1623 To release from an intertwined condition. unperplex1660 transitive. To disentangle. Usually figurative or in figurative context. Now rare. untwirla1703 (un-, prefix2 affix 1a.) unlay1726 transitive. Originally and chiefly Nautical. To untwist (a rope, cable, etc.) into separate strands or wires; to separate (the strands or wires)… disentwine1814 transitive. To free from being entwined; to untwine, untwist, disentangle (literal and figurative). unbraid1828 (un-, prefix2 affix 1a.) unmesha1849 transitive. To undo the meshes of (a net). Also figurative. Cf. mesh, v. 3. disintertwine1861 transitive. To bring out of an intertwined condition; to untwist. unplait1865 transitive. To release (esp. hair) from a plait or plaits, to undo the plaits of. In early use chiefly figurative: to explain, to make sense of (a… tiffle out1880 transitive. To disorder, disarrange, entangle, ravel; tiffle out, to ravel out. unleeze1889 transitive. To unravel, to disentangle. |
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