untwine

English

Etymology

un- +‎ twine

Verb

untwine (third-person singular simple present untwines, present participle untwining, simple past and past participle untwined)

  1. To untwist the strands of something entwined
  2. To disentangle
    • Sir W. Hamilton
      To untwine the ties of custom which bind a people to the established and the old.
  3. (intransitive) To become untwisted.
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