untwisting
Undoing a spiral
Untwisting is the act of reversing a twist—separating strands that have been wound together, or straightening something that has been turned on itself: She spent ten minutes untwisting the tangled phone cord.
Figuratively, untwisting can mean clarifying something complicated: untwisting the logic of the argument.
Straighten from spiral form
- unbendStraighten or become informal
- unwindRelease accumulated tension
- straightenMake linear or orderly
- unfurlSpread out from rolled
unroll · loosen · untangle · unknot · disentangle · unravel · unwrap · unsnarl
Undo knots or confusion
free · release · loosen · detach · unbraid · unlace · unweave · tease apart
Undo knots or confusion
- unravelSeparate intertwined strands
- sort outResolve or organize
- clear upResolve or brighten
- straighten outCorrect or organize properly
demystify · elucidate · decipher · decode · work out · make sense of · piece together · figure out
uncoil
Straighten from spiral form
- unbendStraighten or become informal
- unwindRelease accumulated tension
- straightenMake linear or orderly
unfurl · unroll · loosen · untangle · unknot · disentangle · unravel · unwrap · unsnarl · unkink
untangle
Undo knots or confusion
extricate · free · release · loosen · detach · unbraid · unlace · unweave · tease apart · knot
untangle
Undo knots or confusion
straighten out · demystify · elucidate · decipher · decode · work out · make sense of · piece together · figure out · puzzle out
straighten out
Correct or organize properly
set right · fix · remedy · unscramble · sort out · right · restore · repair · realign · adjust
- coming apartunravel, fraying, falling apart, coming undone, disintegration
- straighteningunbending, uncoiling, uncurling, unfolding, flattening
- descramblingunscrambling, rearranging, reordering, word puzzles, letter sorting
untwistingtwisting
Rotating with distortion
winding · coiling · tightening · spiraling · screwing
untwistingtangling
Intertwining into disorder
knotting · entwining · intertwining · entangling · braiding
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