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third-person singular simple present uncoils, present participle uncoiling, simple past and past participle uncoiled
(transitive) To unwind or untwist (something). quotations examples
I was walking up and down, putting her to sleep one evening, when I found myself treading on something most repulsively soft; and as I did so, the reptile uncoiled itself and quietly glided off the verandah.
1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 174
(intransitive) To unwind or untwist oneself. examples