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Webster 1913 Edition

Uncurl

Un-curl′

,

Verb.

T.

[1st pref.

un-

+

curl

.]

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

He sheaths his paw,

uncurls

his angry mane.

Dryden.

Un-curl′

,

Verb.

I.

To become uncurled, or straight.

Webster 1828 Edition

Uncurl

UNCURL'

,

Verb.

T.

To loose from ringlets.

The lion uncurls his angry mane.

UNCURL'

,

Verb.

I.

To fall from a curled state, as ringlets; to become straight.

Definition 2024

uncurl

uncurl

English

Verb

uncurl ‎(third-person singular simple present uncurls, present participle uncurling, simple past and past participle uncurled)

(transitive, intransitive) To straighten out from being curled up.
The hedgehog uncurled when its predators had left.
- John Dryden, The Hind and the Panther
  But when his foe lyes prostrate on the plain,
  He sheaths his paws, uncurls his angry mane;
  And, pleas'd with bloudless honours of the day,
  Walks over, and disdains th' inglorious Prey.
- Rudyard Kipling, The Elephant's Child
  Then he uncurled his trunk and knocked two of his dear brothers head over heels.