untwist

CIDE DICTIONARY

untwist, v. t. [1st pref. un- + twist.].

•  To separate and open, as twisted threads; to turn back, as that which is twisted; to untwine.  [1913 Webster]

  "If one of the twines of the twist do untwist,
  The twine that untwisteth, untwisteth the twist."  [1913 Webster]
•  To untie; to open; to disentangle.  Milton.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

untwist, v.tr. & intr. open from a twisted or spiralled state.

THESAURUS

untwist

answer, bottom, clarify, clear up, crack, debug, decipher, decode, disembroil, disentangle, disintricate, disinvolve, divine, do, dope, dope out, explain, fathom, figure out, find out, find the answer, find the solution, get, get right, guess, guess right, have it, hit it, interpret, make out, open the lock, plumb, psych, psych out, puzzle out, ravel, ravel out, resolve, riddle, solve, sort out, unbraid, unclutter, uncoil, undo, unknot, unlock, unmix, unravel, unriddle, unscramble, unsnarl, untangle, unthread, untwine, unweave, unwind, work, work out

ROGET THESAURUS

untwist

Evolution

VB evolve, unfold, unroll, unwind, uncoil, untwist, unfurl, untwine, unravel, untangle, disentangle, develop.