| Pronunciation: | | un'twIn
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[v] undo what has been twined together; "untwine the strings" |
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UNTWINE is a 7 letter word that starts with U. |
| | Antonyms: | | enlace, entwine, interlace, intertwine, lace, twine |
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| | See Also: | | straighten, straighten out |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Un*twine"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + twine.]
To untwist; to separate, as that which is twined or twisted;
to disentangle; to untie.
It requires a long and powerful counter sympathy in a
nation to untwine the ties of custom which bind a
people to the established and the old. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
\Un*twine"\, v. i.
To become untwined. --Milton.
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