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uncurling

uncurling is the present participle and gerund 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.

Noun

uncurling (plural uncurlings)

  1. The motion or action of something that uncurls.

Forms of uncurling

pluraluncurlings

Questions about uncurling

What does uncurling mean?
Uncurling means the motion or action of something that uncurls.
What is uncurling the present participle and gerund of?
Uncurling is the present participle and gerund of uncurl.
What part of speech is uncurling?
Uncurling is a noun.
What is the plural of uncurling?
The plural of uncurling is uncurlings.

Words near uncurling in the dictionary

  1. uncurl
  2. uncurlable
  3. uncurled
  4. uncurler
  5. uncurlers
  6. uncurling
  7. uncurlings
  8. uncurls
  9. uncurly
  10. uncurrent
  11. uncurricularized

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Adapted from Wiktionary: uncurling (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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