unbend
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
straighten up or out; make straight
Types & categories
- change posture hypernym
Related & opposite
- bend antonym
Sense 2 verb
unfasten, as a sail, from a spar or a stay
Types & categories
- unfasten hypernym
Sense 3 verb
free from flexure
unbend a bow
Types & categories
- straighten hypernym
Related & opposite
- twist antonym
Sense 4 verb
make less taut
relax the tension on the rope
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- relaxer derivation
- relaxation derivation
Sense 5 verb
become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
He relaxed in the hot tub
Types & categories
- change state hypernym
- vege out hyponym
- sit back hyponym
Related & opposite
- tense up antonym
- repose derivation
- relaxation derivation
- relaxant derivation
Sense 6 verb
release from mental strain, tension, or formality
unbend the mind from absorbing too much information
Types & categories
- unstrain hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | bend |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | change posture |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | unfasten |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | twist |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | straighten |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | relaxer |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | relaxation |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | loosen |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | unbrace |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | tense up |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | repose |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | relaxation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | relaxant |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | change state |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | vege out |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | sit back |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | unstrain |