untwist verb. [ʌn'twɪst] M16.
[from UN-² + TWIST verb.]
1. verb trans. Open or undo from a twisted or spiralled state; untwine, disentangle. M16.
■ Coleridge Cutting the knot which it cannot untwist.
b. fig. Dissolve, undo, destroy. Now rare. E17.

2. verb trans. Expound, make plain. L16-L18.

3. verb intrans. Become untwined. L16.

4. verb trans. Loosen, detach, or release by untwisting. M17.
■ Jayne Phillips Danner untwisted bottle tops.

■ untwisting noun the action of the verb; the result of this; in pl., untwisted fibres or threads: L16.

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