untwist Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb cause to become untwisted

WordNet

Un*twist" transitive verb
Etymology
1st pref. un- + twist.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913