Meaning & use
untwine
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To undo or separate something that has been twisted or twined together.
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She carefully untwined the tangled string of Christmas lights.
The gardener untwined the vines from the trellis before repainting it.
A note on using this word
Formed by adding the reversive prefix 'un-' to 'twine,' meaning to twist together.
Words with a similar meaning
untwistunravel
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Words with an opposite meaning
twinetwist
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