"uncurl" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "un- + curl",
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          "text": "The hedgehog uncurled when its predators had left."
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          "text": "But when his foe lyes prostrate on the plain,\nHe sheaths his paws, uncurls his angry mane;\nAnd, pleas'd with bloudless honours of the day,\nWalks over, and disdains th' inglorious Prey.",
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          "text": "Then he uncurled his trunk and knocked two of his dear brothers head over heels.",
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        "To straighten out from being curled up."
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        "(transitive, intransitive) To straighten out from being curled up."
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  "etymology_text": "un- + curl",
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      "form": "uncurls",
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        "singular",
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      "form": "uncurling",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "uncurled",
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        "participle",
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          "text": "The hedgehog uncurled when its predators had left."
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          "text": "But when his foe lyes prostrate on the plain,\nHe sheaths his paws, uncurls his angry mane;\nAnd, pleas'd with bloudless honours of the day,\nWalks over, and disdains th' inglorious Prey.",
          "type": "quotation"
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      "glosses": [
        "To straighten out from being curled up."
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        "(transitive, intransitive) To straighten out from being curled up."
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