unpuckering
Lips relaxing outward
Unpuckering is the act of relaxing lips or skin that had been drawn tight and wrinkled.
Lips pucker for a kiss or sour taste; unpuckering is the release afterward.
The word applies to fabric too—smoothing out gathered material: She unpuckered the seam with a hot iron.
Removing folds from surfaces
- flatteningReducing to evenness
- straighteningMaking something not crooked
- eveningLate day period
- unfurrowingReleasing creases or wrinkles
unfolding · spreading · stretching · unbunching · uncreasing · pressing · ironing · smoothening
Reducing tightness or tension
- softeningBecoming less firm
- easingReducing strain or difficulty
- unwindingReleasing coiled tension
- releasingAllowing to escape
unclenching · smoothing · relaxing · decompressing · slackening · untensing · unknotting · unstiffening
unwrinkling
Removing folds from surfaces
- flatteningReducing to evenness
- straighteningMaking something not crooked
- eveningLate day period
unfurrowing · unfolding · spreading · stretching · unbunching · uncreasing · pressing · ironing · smoothening · evening out
loosening
Reducing tightness or tension
releasing · unclenching · smoothing · relaxing · decompressing · slackening · untensing · unknotting · unstiffening · calming
unfurling
Opening from rolled state
unsealing · parting · unclosing · blooming · unshrinking · uncurling
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Contracting into small folds
tightening · pursing · contracting · clenching · scrunching
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