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- Dictionaryunbend/ʌnˈbɛnd/
verb
- 1. make or become straight from a bent or twisted form or position: "I had trouble unbending my cramped knees" Similar Opposite
- 2. unfasten (sails) from yards and stays.
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to relax and become less formal and serious in your manner: I'd hoped that after a glass or two of wine she might unbend a little. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Calming and relaxing. appease. assuage. balls-to-the-wall. bask. bread. calm. chill. let/blow off steam idiom. lie down. lighten something up. lull someone into something.
1. : to relax one's severity, stiffness, or austerity. 2. : to cease to be bent : become straight. Synonyms. straighten. uncurl. unkink. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of unbend in a Sentence. He was bending and unbending his fingers. His fingers were bending and unbending.
verb (used with object) , un·bent or (Archaic) un·bend·ed, un·bend·ing. to straighten from a bent form or position. to release from the strain of formality, intense effort, etc.; relax: to unbend one's mind. to release from tension, as a bow. Nautical. to loose or untie, as a sail or rope.
1. to release (a bow, etc.) from strain or tension. 2. to relax (the mind) from strain or effort.
Definition of unbend verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
verb. release from mental strain, tension, or formality. “ unbend the mind from absorbing too much information”
un·bend. (ŭn-bĕnd′) v. un·bent (-bĕnt′), un·bend·ing, un·bends. v.tr. 1. To release from mental tension, strain, or formality; relax. 2. To release (a bow, for example) from flexure or tension. 3. Nautical To untie or loosen (a rope or sail). 4. To straighten (something crooked or bent): unbend a paper clip. v.intr. 1. To become less tense; relax.
to relax and become less formal and serious in your manner: I'd hoped that after a glass or two of wine she might unbend a little. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Calming and relaxing. appease. assuage. balls-to-the-wall. bask. bread. chill. compose. kick back. let/blow off steam idiom. lie down. lighten something up. lull. melt.
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to become or be made straightened out from an originally bent shape or position. (transitive) to remove (a sail) from a stay, mast, yard, etc.
