What does uncurl mean?

Definitions for uncurl
ʌnˈkɜrlun·curl

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word uncurl.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. uncurlverb

    move out of a curled position

    "He uncurled himself"

Wiktionary

  1. uncurlverb

    To straighten out from being curled up.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Uncurlverb

    To loose from ringlets, or convolutions.

    There stands a rock; the raging billows roar
    Above his head in storms; but when ’tis clear,
    Uncurl their ridgy backs, and at his feet appear. Dryden.

    The lion’s foe lies prostrate on the plain,
    He sheaths his paws, uncurls his angry mane;
    And, pleas’d with bloodless honours of the day,
    Walks over, and disdains th’ inglorious prey. Dryden.

    The furies sink upon their iron beds,
    And snakes uncurl’d hang list’ning round their heads. Alexander Pope.

  2. To Uncurlverb

    To fall from the ringlets.

    My fleece of woolly hair now uncurls,
    Even as an adder, when she doth unrowl
    To do some fatal execution? William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus.

ChatGPT

  1. uncurl

    To uncurl typically means to straighten or spread out something that is curled, coiled, or bent. In vector calculus, uncurl represents the process of expressing a vector field as the gradient of some scalar potential function. It could also mean to move from a curled up position to a straightened and relaxed one.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Uncurlverb

    to loose from curls, or ringlets; to straighten out, as anything curled or curly

  2. Uncurlverb

    to become uncurled, or straight

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Uncurl

    un-kurl′, v.t. to loose from curls or ringlets.—v.i. to relax from a curled state.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of uncurl in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of uncurl in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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