Uncurled vs Uncurbed - What's the difference?
uncurled | uncurbed |
(uncurl)
(intransitive) To straighten out from being curled up.
* John Dryden, The Hind and the Panther
* Rudyard Kipling, The Elephant's Child
Unlimited; unrestricted.
*{{quote-news, year=2009, date=March 29, author=John F. Burns, title=Anglo-American Capitalism on Trial, work=New York Times
, passage=Partly because of the heavy burden of government debt built up during his stewardship, and the uncurbed recklessness of the country’s banks, Britain’s recession is already the harshest in Western Europe. }}
As a verb uncurled
is (uncurl).As an adjective uncurbed is
unlimited; unrestricted.uncurled
English
Verb
(head)uncurl
English
Verb
(en verb)- The hedgehog uncurled when its predators had left.
- But when his foe lies prostrate on the plain, / He sheaths his paws, uncurls his angry mane, / And pleased with bloodless honours of the day, / Walks over and disdains th' inglorious prey.
- Then he uncurled his trunk and knocked two of his dear brothers head over heels.
uncurbed
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation