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Upcurled vs Uncurled - What's the difference?

upcurled | uncurled |

As verbs the difference between upcurled and uncurled

is that upcurled is past tense of upcurl while uncurled is past tense of uncurl.

upcurled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (upcurl)

    • upcurl

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (rare) To curl up
  • * Alfred Tennyson
    • And thro' the wreaths of floating dark upcurl'd , / Rare sunrise flow'd. / And Freedom rear'd in that august sunrise / Her beautiful bold brow

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    uncurled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (uncurl)

    • uncurl

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (intransitive) To straighten out from being curled up.
    • The hedgehog uncurled when its predators had left.
  • * John Dryden, The Hind and the Panther
    • 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.
  • * Rudyard Kipling, The Elephant's Child
    • Then he uncurled his trunk and knocked two of his dear brothers head over heels.