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uncurled

uncurled is the simple past and past participle of uncurl.

Meaning of uncurl

Verb

uncurl (third-person singular simple present uncurls, present participle uncurling, simple past and past participle uncurled)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To straighten out from being curled up.
    • The hedgehog uncurled when its predators had left.

Adjective

uncurled (comparative more uncurled, superlative most uncurled)

  1. Not curled; non-curled.

Forms of uncurled

comparativemore uncurled
superlativemost uncurled

Origin of uncurled

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

From un- + curled.

Questions about uncurled

What does uncurled mean?
Uncurled means not curled; non-curled.
What is uncurled the simple past and past participle of?
Uncurled is the simple past and past participle of uncurl.
What part of speech is uncurled?
Uncurled is an adjective.

Words near uncurled in the dictionary

  1. uncuriously
  2. uncuriousness
  3. UNCURK
  4. uncurl
  5. uncurlable
  6. uncurled
  7. uncurler
  8. uncurlers
  9. uncurling
  10. uncurlings
  11. uncurls

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Adapted from Wiktionary: uncurled (page history and authors); uncurl (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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