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unswirl

unswirl verb: to resolve or restraighten (something previously swirled).

Verb

unswirl (third-person singular simple present unswirls, present participle unswirling, simple past and past participle unswirled)

  1. (transitive) To resolve or restraighten (something previously swirled).
    • The overlapping arm action of the crawl stroke allows a swimmer to feel the oncoming flow of water advance along the entry arm at the same time as the opposite arm is unswirling the flow from the hand and forearm at the finish of its stroke.2002, Cecil M. Colwin, Breakthrough Swimming
    • On Friday, the Thai police said he was under arrest and charged as a pedophile after computer experts had unswirled the digitally altered face in a virtuoso act of electronic decoding.2007 October 20, Seth Mydans, “Thai Police Arrest Pedophile Suspect”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2020

Forms of unswirl

third-person singular presentunswirls
present participleunswirling
past participleunswirled
pastunswirled

Origin of unswirl

From un- + swirl.

Questions about unswirl

What does unswirl mean?
Unswirl means to resolve or restraighten (something previously swirled).
What part of speech is unswirl?
Unswirl is a verb.
What is the past tense of unswirl?
The past tense of unswirl is unswirled.

Words near unswirl in the dictionary

  1. unswing
  2. unswinging
  3. unswingled
  4. unswings
  5. unswiped
  6. unswirl
  7. unswirled
  8. unswirling
  9. unswirls
  10. unswitchable
  11. unswitched

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