different between uncurl vs upcurl
uncurl
English
Etymology
un- +? curl
Verb
uncurl (third-person singular simple present uncurls, present participle uncurling, simple past and past participle uncurled)
- (transitive, intransitive) To straighten out from being curled up.
- The hedgehog uncurled when its predators had left.
- 1687, John Dryden, The Hind and the Panther
- But when his foe lyes prostrate on the plain,
He sheaths his paws, uncurls his angry mane;
And, pleas'd with bloudless honours of the day,
Walks over, and disdains th' inglorious Prey.
- But when his foe lyes prostrate on the plain,
- 1902, Rudyard Kipling, Just So Stories, "The Elephant's Child"
- Then he uncurled his trunk and knocked two of his dear brothers head over heels.
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upcurl
English
Etymology
up- +? curl
Verb
upcurl (third-person singular simple present upcurls, present participle upcurling, simple past and past participle upcurled)
- (transitive, rare) To curl up
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, The Poet
- And thro' the wreaths of floating dark up-curl'd, / Rare sunrise flow'd. / And Freedom rear'd in that august sunrise / Her beautiful bold brow […]
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, The Poet
Translations
Anagrams
- curl up, curl-up
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