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UNTWIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does untwist mean?
• UNTWIST (verb)
The verb UNTWIST has 1 sense:
1. cause to become untwisted
Familiarity information: UNTWIST used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they untwist ... he / she / it untwists
Past simple: untwisted
Past participle: untwisted
-ing form: untwisting
... he / she / it untwists Past simple: untwisted
Past participle: untwisted
-ing form: untwisting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cause to become untwisted
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "untwist" is one way to...):
straighten; straighten out (make straight)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
twist (form into a spiral shape)
Context examples
During replication, Y-shaped regions of replicating DNA molecules are mobilized, where the enzymes replicating a DNA molecule bind to an untwisted, single DNA strand.
(DNA Replication Fork, NCI Thesaurus)
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