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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNCOIL', v.t. To unwind or open, as the turns of a rope or other line.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: unwind or untwist [ant: coil, curl, loop]

Merriam Webster's

Date: 1713 transitive verb to release from a coiled state ; unwind intransitive verb to become uncoiled

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. & intr. unwind.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Uncoil Un*coil", v. t. [1st pref. un- + coil.] To unwind or open, as a coil of rope. --Derham.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(uncoils, uncoiling, uncoiled) If something uncoils or if you uncoil it, it becomes straight after it has been wound or curled up. If someone who is curled up uncoils, they move so that their body becomes straight. He uncoiled the hose and gave them a thorough drenching... Dan played with the tangerine peel, letting it uncoil and then coil again... Mack seemed to uncoil slowly up into a standing position. VERB: V n, V, V

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Unwind.

Moby Thesaurus

clarify, clear up, disembroil, disentangle, disintricate, disinvolve, ravel, sort out, unbraid, unclutter, unfold, unfurl, unknot, unmix, unravel, unreel, unroll, unscramble, unsnarl, untangle, unthread, untwine, untwist, unweave, unwind