untwisted

Thân thiện

The child untwisted the colorful pipe cleaner.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Not twisted; formerly twisted but now straight: Describes something that is not in a twisted state, or something that was previously twisted but has been made straight.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The rope was untwisted and lay flat on the ground.
  • After carefully undoing the knot, she held the untwisted wires in her hand.
  • An untwisted pair of fibers is weaker than a twisted one.

Advanced Usage

• Technical/Descriptive Use: Often used in technical contexts (e.g., textiles, ropes, cables, DNA) to describe strands or components that are not coiled around each other.
  • For this experiment, we need an untwisted sample of the yarn.
• Metaphorical Use: Can describe something that has been simplified or resolved from a complex or confusing state.
  • His untwisted explanation finally made the problem clear to everyone.

Variants and Related Words

• Untwist (verb): To remove twists from; to straighten by turning in the opposite direction.
  • You need to untwist the cables before plugging them in.
• Twisted (adjective): The direct opposite; coiled, wound, or contorted.

Synonyms

• Straightened
• Uncoiled
• Unwound

Antonyms

• Twisted
• Coiled
• Wound

Related Phrases/Idioms

• (No common idioms directly incorporate the specific word "untwisted.")

Học thuật

Adjective

1. not twisted; formerly twisted but now straight