Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unswirl

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: unswirl
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To resolve or restraighten (something previously swirled).

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"The overlapping arm action of the crawl stroke allows a swimmer to feel the oncoming flow of water advance along the entry arm at the same time as the opposite arm is unswirling the flow from the hand and forearm at the finish of its stroke."
"On Friday, the Thai police said he was under arrest and charged as a pedophile after computer experts had unswirled the digitally altered face in a virtuoso act of electronic decoding."

Etymology

From un- + swirl.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

unswirls (present, singular) unswirling (participle, present) unswirled (participle, past) unswirled (past)

Questions

What does unswirl mean?: To resolve or restraighten (something previously swirled).
Where does unswirl come from?: From un- + swirl.

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