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unbend
Overview of verb unbend
The verb unbend has 6 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. straighten, unbend -- (straighten up or out; make straight)
2. unbend -- (unfasten, as a sail, from a spar or a stay)
3. unbend -- (free from flexure; "unbend a bow")
4. relax, unbend -- (make less tight; "relax the tension on the rope")
5. relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down -- (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")
6. unbend -- (release from mental strain, tension, or formality; "unbend the mind from absorbing too much information")
Antonyms of verb unbend
1 of 6 senses of unbend
Sense 3
unbend
Antonym of bend (Sense 3)
=>flex, bend, deform, twist, turn
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb unbend
6 senses of unbend
Sense 1
straighten, unbend
=> change posture
=> change
Sense 2
unbend
=> unfasten
=> undo
=> change by reversal, turn, reverse
=> change
Sense 3
unbend
=> straighten, straighten out
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 4
relax, unbend
=> loosen, loose
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 5
relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down
=> change state, turn
=> change
Sense 6
unbend
=> relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed
=> affect
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb unbend
2 of 6 senses of unbend
Sense 4
relax, unbend
=> unbrace
Sense 5
relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down
=> vege out, vegetate
=> sit back, take it easy
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb unbend
6 senses of unbend
Sense 1
straighten, unbend
=> change posture
Sense 2
unbend
=> unfasten
Sense 3
unbend
=> straighten, straighten out
Sense 4
relax, unbend
=> loosen, loose
Sense 5
relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down
=> change state, turn
Sense 6
unbend
=> relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed
'Cause To' of verb unbend
Derived Forms of verb unbend
Domain of verb unbend
Domain Terms of verb unbend
Familiarity of verb unbend
unbend used as a verb is common (polysemy count =6)
Sample Sentences of verb unbend
6 senses of unbend
Sense 1
straighten, unbend
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
unbend
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
unbend
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
relax, unbend
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 5
relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down
EX: Sam and Sue unbend
Sense 6
unbend
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb unbend
6 senses of unbend
Sense 1
straighten, unbend
> change posture
=> straighten
=> arise, rise, uprise, get up, stand up
=> fall
=> fall, fall down
=> right
=> sit down, sit
=> lie down, lie
=> sink, drop, drop down
=> hunch, hump, hunch forward, hunch over
=> straighten, unbend
=> bow
=> uncurl
=> sit up
Sense 2
unbend
> unfasten
=> unchain
=> unzip
=> unbend
Sense 3
unbend
> straighten, straighten out
=> untwist
=> unbend
=> extend
=> channelize, channelise
=> untwine
=> unweave
=> comb
Sense 4
relax, unbend
> loosen, loose
=> relax, unbend
=> slacken, remit
=> slack
=> unscrew
=> unscrew
Sense 5
relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down
> change state, turn
=> wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken
=> zonk out, pass out, black out
=> come to, revive, resuscitate
=> tense, tense up
=> relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down
=> reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down
=> gain, put on
=> dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel
=> cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise
=> conceive
=> secularize, secularise
=> citrate
=> equilibrate
=> fall
=> become, go, get
=> worsen, decline
=> better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate
=> disengage
=> overgrow
=> concentrate
=> break
=> acidify, acetify
=> alkalize, alkalise, alkalify, basify
=> ionize, ionise
=> ossify
=> catalyze, catalyse
=> get worse, relapse
=> fluctuate
=> explode, burst forth, break loose
=> die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
=> be born
=> cloud over
=> carbonize, carbonise
=> cool, chill, cool down
=> heat, hot up, heat up
=> carbonize, carbonise, carburize, carburise
=> freeze
=> boil
=> burn, combust
=> emaciate
=> Frenchify
=> thin
=> thicken, inspissate
=> solvate
=> react
=> dissolve, fade out, fade away
=> empty, discharge
=> fill, fill up
=> homogenize, homogenise
=> homogenize, homogenise
=> curdle, clabber, clot
=> clot, coagulate
=> sour, turn, ferment, work
=> integrate
=> precipitate
=> calcify
=> coke
=> carnify
=> chondrify
=> emulsify
=> denitrify
=> esterify
=> etherify
=> thrombose
=> open, open up
=> close, shut
=> sorb, take up
=> calm, calm down, cool off, chill out, simmer down, settle down, cool it
=> thrive, prosper, fly high, flourish
=> emancipate, liberate
=> get into, tangle with
=> liquefy
=> erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate
Sense 6
unbend
> relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed
=> unbend
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb unbend
Sense 1
straighten, unbend
=> change posture
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Sense 2
unbend
=> unfasten
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Sense 3
unbend
=> straighten, straighten out
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Sense 4
relax, unbend
=> loosen, loose
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Sense 5
relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down
=> change state, turn
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Sense 6
unbend
=> relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed
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Grep of verb unbend
unbend
Grep of adj unbend
unbendable
unbending
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