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uncurl

verb

Etymology

From un- + curl.

  1. derived from *kruzlǭ✻ — “bent or crooked object, curl”
  2. derived from crul
  3. derived from crulle — “curled, curly”
  4. prefixed as uncurl — “un + curl”

Definitions

  1. To straighten out from being curled up.

    • The hedgehog uncurled when its predators had left.
    • But when his foe lyes prostrate on the plain, He sheaths his paws, uncurls his angry mane; And, pleas'd with bloudless honours of the day, Walks over, and disdains th' inglorious Prey.
    • Then he uncurled his trunk and knocked two of his dear brothers head over heels.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA