untwist [
,ʌn'twist]
untwist[ verb ]
cause to become untwisted
<verb.contact>
Untwist \Un*twist"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + twist.]
1. To separate and open, as twisted threads; to turn back, as
that which is twisted; to untwine.
If one of the twines of the twist do untwist,
The twine that untwisteth, untwisteth the twist.
--Wallis.
2. To untie; to open; to disentangle. --Milton.
- Rather, the bowel can twist and untwist, making diagnosis difficult, she said.