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Uncoil
To unwind or open, as a coil of rope.
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To free from entanglement; to release from a condition of being intricately and confusedly involved or interlaced; to reduce to orderly arrangement;…
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To wind off; to loose or separate, as what or convolved; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread; to unwind a ball of yarn.
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To wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing.
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To wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing.
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