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unspiral

unspiral verb: to (cause to) open up from a spiral shape.

Verb

unspiral (third-person singular simple present unspirals, present participle (US) unspiraling or (UK) unspiralling, simple past and past participle (US) unspiraled or (UK) unspiralled)

  1. (ambitransitive) To (cause to) open up from a spiral shape.
    • The DNA unspirals through vibration.1997, Pam Montgomery, Partner Earth: A Spiritual Ecology
    • To make the tree, hold the uncut end, put a finger into the center of the cut end, and slowly pull up to unspiral the leaves.2011, Lynn Gordon, 52 Series: Rainy Day Activities

Forms of unspiral

third-person singular presentunspirals
present participle USunspiraling
present participle UKunspiralling
past participle USunspiraled
past USunspiraled
past participle UKunspiralled
past UKunspiralled

Origin of unspiral

un- + spiral

Questions about unspiral

What does unspiral mean?
Unspiral means to (cause to) open up from a spiral shape.
What part of speech is unspiral?
Unspiral is a verb.
What is the past tense of unspiral?
The past tense of unspiral is unspiraled.

Words near unspiral in the dictionary

  1. unspinnable
  2. unspinning
  3. unspins
  4. unspinsterlike
  5. unspiny
  6. unspiral
  7. unspiraled
  8. unspiraling
  9. unspiralized
  10. unspiralled
  11. unspiralling

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