UNCOIL Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

uncoil

verb

Definition of uncoil

as in to unroll

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Recent Examples of uncoil Young helped uncoil her and stretch her out. — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2026 The snake uncoiled and hung down between the engine and the tire, looking at him with yellow beady eyes. — Karen Bartunek, The Arizona Republic, 13 Nov. 2024 Stewart conveys this repression physically, through a defensive crouch that uncoils when under attack. — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024 Looking over a wobbly guardrail, Dale Landmann uncoiled a few feet of rope, cautiously lowering a white plastic pipe into the opaque waters of the Calumet River on a recent hot weekday morning. — Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2023 See All Example Sentences for uncoil

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Using paper, lift and wrap dough around rolling pin (discarding paper); carefully unroll over a 9-inch pie plate.

— Martha Stewart, Martha Stewart, 14 Oct. 2026
The study’s findings could help identify which Herculaneum scrolls are the next best candidates to noninvasively unroll and decipher, the authors suggest.

— Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of unroll

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Bipartisan legislation that would ban anticompetitive insurance contracts, unwind vertically consolidated companies, and require more price transparency are collecting dust.

— Bob Herman, STAT, 29 Oct. 2026
However, at the same meeting the FDA's own scientists recommended against unwinding the existing restrictions on them.

— Sydney Lupkin, NPR, 28 Oct. 2026

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One fall day in 1856, a family of Eastern gray squirrels in rural New York uncurled from a cozy nest in a chestnut tree, looked around, and joined half a billion other squirrels on a multi-state walkabout.

— Christine Peterson, Vox, 23 Dec. 2024
Exhale, lower the bridge down, then uncurl the trunk to bring the right hip and shoulder back to the ground.

— Jen Murphy, WSJ, 16 June 2022

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