UNBENDS Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

unbends

verb

present tense third-person singular of unbend

as in straightens

to cause to follow a line that is without bends or curls the new highway will largely unbend that twisting path that the old road used to follow

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straightens

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Farther still, as the road straightens and lengthens, the view is of open space.

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