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unswirl en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + swirl.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To resolve or restraighten (something previously swirled).
   • The overlapping arm action of the crawl stroke allows a swimmer to feel the oncoming flow of water advance along the entry arm at the same time as the opposite arm is unswirling the flow from the hand and forearm at the finish of its stroke. 2002, Cecil M. Colwin, Breakthrough Swimming:
   • On Friday, the Thai police said he was under arrest and charged as a pedophile after computer experts had unswirled the digitally altered face in a virtuoso act of electronic decoding. 2007 October 20, Seth Mydans, “Thai Police Arrest Pedophile Suspect”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2020:

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