Dictionary Entry
unbend
unbend is a 6-letter English word with 12 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To free from flexure; to make, or allow to become, straight; to loosen; as, to unbend a bow. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 13 · 12 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To free from flexure; to make, or allow to become, straight; to loosen; as, to unbend a bow.
- 2transitive verb
A remit from a strain or from exertion; to set at ease for a time; to relax; as, to unbend the mind from study or care.
- 3transitive verb
To unfasten, as sails, from the spars or stays to which they are attached for use.
- 4transitive verb
To cast loose or untie, as a rope.
- 5intransitive verb
To cease to be bent; to become straight or relaxed.
- 6intransitive verb
To relax in exertion, attention, severity, or the like; hence, to indulge in mirth or amusement.
- 7verb
release from mental strain, tension, or formality
"unbend the mind from absorbing too much information"
- 8verb
become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
"He relaxed in the hot tub"
"Let's all relax after a hard day's work"
Synonyms
- 9verb
make less taut
"relax the tension on the rope"
Synonyms
- 10verb
free from flexure
"unbend a bow"
- 11verb
unfasten, as a sail, from a spar or a stay
- 12verb
straighten up or out; make straight
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