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Meaning of "untwist" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNTWIST

untwist  [ʌnˈtwɪst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNTWIST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Untwist is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb untwist in English.

WHAT DOES UNTWIST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of untwist in the English dictionary

The first definition of untwist in the dictionary is to untangle. Other definition of untwist is to straighten out. Untwist is also to unravel or separate the strands of.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO UNTWIST

PRESENT

Present
I untwist
you untwist
he/she/it untwists
we untwist
you untwist
they untwist
Present continuous
I am untwisting
you are untwisting
he/she/it is untwisting
we are untwisting
you are untwisting
they are untwisting
Present perfect
I have untwisted
you have untwisted
he/she/it has untwisted
we have untwisted
you have untwisted
they have untwisted
Present perfect continuous
I have been untwisting
you have been untwisting
he/she/it has been untwisting
we have been untwisting
you have been untwisting
they have been untwisting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I untwisted
you untwisted
he/she/it untwisted
we untwisted
you untwisted
they untwisted
Past continuous
I was untwisting
you were untwisting
he/she/it was untwisting
we were untwisting
you were untwisting
they were untwisting
Past perfect
I had untwisted
you had untwisted
he/she/it had untwisted
we had untwisted
you had untwisted
they had untwisted
Past perfect continuous
I had been untwisting
you had been untwisting
he/she/it had been untwisting
we had been untwisting
you had been untwisting
they had been untwisting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will untwist
you will untwist
he/she/it will untwist
we will untwist
you will untwist
they will untwist
Future continuous
I will be untwisting
you will be untwisting
he/she/it will be untwisting
we will be untwisting
you will be untwisting
they will be untwisting
Future perfect
I will have untwisted
you will have untwisted
he/she/it will have untwisted
we will have untwisted
you will have untwisted
they will have untwisted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been untwisting
you will have been untwisting
he/she/it will have been untwisting
we will have been untwisting
you will have been untwisting
they will have been untwisting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would untwist
you would untwist
he/she/it would untwist
we would untwist
you would untwist
they would untwist
Conditional continuous
I would be untwisting
you would be untwisting
he/she/it would be untwisting
we would be untwisting
you would be untwisting
they would be untwisting
Conditional perfect
I would have untwist
you would have untwist
he/she/it would have untwist
we would have untwist
you would have untwist
they would have untwist
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been untwisting
you would have been untwisting
he/she/it would have been untwisting
we would have been untwisting
you would have been untwisting
they would have been untwisting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you untwist
we let´s untwist
you untwist
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to untwist
Past participle
untwisted
Present Participle
untwisting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNTWIST


acquist
əˈkwɪst
bilinguist
ˌbaɪˈlɪŋɡwɪst
entwist
ɪnˈtwɪst
ethnolinguist
ˌeθnəʊˈlɪŋɡwɪst
intertwist
ˌɪntəˈtwɪst
intwist
ɪnˈtwɪst
linguist
ˈlɪŋɡwɪst
psycholinguist
ˌsaɪkəʊˈlɪŋɡwɪst
quist
kwɪst
retwist
ˌriːˈtwɪst
sociolinguist
ˌsəʊsɪəʊˈlɪŋɡwɪst
soliloquist
səˈlɪləkwɪst
supertwist
ˈsuːpərˌtwɪst
twist
twɪst
unwist
ʌnˈwɪst
UWIST
ˈjuːˌwɪst
ventriloquist
vɛnˈtrɪləkwɪst
whist
wɪst
wist
wɪst
Yahwist
ˈjɑːwɪst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNTWIST

untunable
untunableness
untunably
untune
untuneable
untuneful
untunefully
untunefulness
unturbid
unturf
unturn
unturnable
unturned
untutored
untwilled
untwine
untying
untypable
untypical
untypically

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNTWIST

A list
A-list
alchemist
artist
assist
Christ
exist
exorcist
get one´s knickers in a twist
Jahwist
list
playlist
round the twist
specialist
the twist
the Yahwist
tourist
waist
watchlist
wish list

Synonyms and antonyms of untwist in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «untwist» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNTWIST

Find out the translation of untwist to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of untwist from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «untwist» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

无捻
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

untwist
570 millions of speakers

English

untwist
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सुलझाना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لفك جديلة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

раскручивают
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

destorcer
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্যাঁচ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

défaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Untwist
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

aufdrehen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

よりをほどく
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

untwist
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Untwist
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chỉ không săn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நேராகின்றன
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उधळण करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

açılmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

untwist
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rozkręcić
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

розкручують
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

untwist
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ξεδιαλύνω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

losdraaien
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

upptvinnas
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

untwist
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of untwist

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNTWIST»

The term «untwist» is regularly used and occupies the 77.905 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNTWIST» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «untwist» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «untwist» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about untwist

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNTWIST»

Discover the use of untwist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to untwist and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Turbine Steam Path Maintenance and Repair
For the blade shown in Figure 8-38, if there is no coverband, then the untwist is not constrained by any opposing force. Therefore, the blade will untwist as a function of the vane torsional modulus and the rotational speed. The vane will reach ...
William P. Sanders, 2004
2
United States Circuit Courts of Appeals Reports: With ...
The patentee investigated to discover what proportion of lay would produce opposing tendencies to untwist which would practically just about balance each other. He tried making ropes with ratio of lay of 1 to 2, 1 to 1.5, 2 to 1, 1 to 1, 1 to 3.2, ...
United States. Courts of Appeals, 1915
3
Proceedings of the Physical Society
untwist, showing for these metals less thermal expansibility in the direction of permanent extension than in the direction of permanent compression. With copper and platinum, on the contrary, rise of temperature produces temporary twist.
Institute of Physics and the Physical Society, 1888
4
The Federal Reporter: With Key-number Annotations ...
The patentee investigated to discover what proportion of lay would produce opposing tendencies to untwist which would practically just about balance each other. He tried making ropes with ratio of lay of 1 to 2, 1 to 1.5, 2 to 1, 1 to 1, 1 to 3.2, ...
Robert Desty, James Wells Goodwin, Peyton Boyle, 1914
5
United States Circuit Courts of Appeals Reports: With ...
The patentee investigated to discover what proportion of lay would produce opposing tendencies to untwist which would practically just about balance each other. He tried making ropes with ratio of lay of 1 to 2, 1 to 1.5, 2 to 1, 1 to 1, 1 to 3.2, ...
‎1915
6
Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, ...
Since the tendency to close into a rope is nothing but the tendency of the strands to untwist, it would seem natural to twist the strands as the yarns were twisted before. This would be true if the elasticity of the fibres in a yarn produced the same ...
‎1823
7
Creativity As an Exact Science
For a long time there was no explanation of how the double helix managed to untwist. Calculations showed that the DNA of intestinal bacteria should untwist at a speed of 15,000 revolutions a minute for otherwise DNA would not manage to ...
Altshuller, 1984
8
Put Your Big Girl Panties on and Deal with It
Chapter. Six: Untwist. Your. Knickers ... Seek first to understand, then to be understood. —Stephen Covey Getting Your Knickers in a Twist Knickers. That's what panties are called in England, and I love it. Sounds like the '60s, with mini- skirts ...
Roz Van Meter, 2007
9
Gas Turbine Performance
Chapter 4 describes how they can change engine performance levels, via geometry changes such as blade untwist and tip clearance variation. Compressor blade untwist results in higher levels of flow and pressure ratio, and may occur due to ...
Philip Walsh, Paul Fletcher, 2008
10
Contemporary Russian: Contemporary Russian Translation Guide ...
... dendritic, branchlike, divergence- related развивается (verb) - unravel, untwist , resolve, solve, decipher развивать (verb) - unwind, untwist, unroll, develop, evolve, gather, acquire развиватся (verb) - unwind, untwist, unroll, develop, evolve, ...
L L Downing, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNTWIST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term untwist is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Physics for Bird Brains
The way in which those strands untwist and build new double helixes during the process of reproduction is at heart a quantum phenomenon, closely related to ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
2
Twisted thinking and how to untwist itLinkedIn member
Twisted thinking describes how some people have a skewed or distorted view and way of thinking about how they see events in relation to themselves, other ... «LinkedIn, Jun 15»
3
Technical FAQ: Even more on disc brakes in extreme cold
Pistons in most hydraulic disc brakes are pulled back into the cylinder upon release of the brake lever by the untwisting of an O-ring seal that is square in cross ... «velonews.competitor.com, Jan 15»
4
How To Properly Open A Bottle Of Champagne And 6 Other …
But that's not really how you're supposed to do it. To properly open a bottle of champagne, you need to first remove the foil and untwist the wire cage while still ... «Tech Times, Dec 14»
5
Let's untwist Jay Gruden's quotes about Robert Griffin III
Jay Gruden's relationship has been under intense scrutiny for the better part of a month as the former face of the Washington Redskins was relegated to the ... «USA TODAY, Dec 14»
6
Untwist your panties -- Windows 10's 'keylogger' is nothing to worry …
As we all know, Windows 10 Technical Preview is out there and ready for anyone with the time and inclination to try out. Much has been made of the return of the ... «BetaNews, Oct 14»
7
How to Untwist Twisted Thinking Patterns
It would seem helpful then to untwist these thought patterns and cut through the chaos of all that. Here are a few twisted thinking patterns or cognitive distortions ... «PsychCentral.com, Aug 14»
8
Bianca Gascoigne: 'Checking your knickers aren't in a twist is just …
The pair are normally captured at the end of the night looking a little tipsy with Bianca trying to help untwist her BFF's knickers. Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace and ... «OK! Magazine, May 14»
9
Pentagon vows to untwist black hairstyle controversy
The Pentagon will review its policies on hairstyles following backlash from African-American soldiers, who said the Army's revised rules are racially and ... «CNN, May 14»
10
American Idol: Two singers untwist the twist
AMERICAN IDOL XIII: TOP 13: Clockwise From Top Left: Caleb Johnson, Emily Piriz, Sam Woolf, Kristen O'Connor, Ben Briley, Jessica Meuse, Majesty Rose, ... «Chron.com, May 14»

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