Definition of "uncurl" [un•curl]

• To unwind from or as if from a curl, coil, spiral, or curled position: uncurled my fists. (verb-transitive)
• To become unwound from a curl: fern fronds uncurling in the spring air. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Scrub grass, gravel, generations of wet and blackened leaves, something pale green and flowerless about to uncurl."
• "Let's, for a moment, uncurl liberal lips and take that at face value."
• "The problem with this is that while the RS3 definitely curls your toes the fact that the money man undeniably has a point will most certainly uncurl them."