Untangle
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transitive verb.
To free from a tangle; disentangle.
synonym
:
extricate
.
transitive verb.
To straighten out (something puzzling or complicated); clarify or resolve.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To loose from tangles or intricacy; disentangle; hence, to free from embarrassment, doubt, or uncertainty; resolve; clear up; explain.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
transitive verb.
To loose from tangles or intricacy; to disentangle; to resolve.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
verb.
To remove
tangles
or
knots
.
verb.
To remove
confusion
or
mystery
.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
verb.
release from entanglement of difficulty
verb.
become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of
Word Usage
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Antonyms
Words with the opposite meaning
tangle
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
disengage
free
undo
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
Angle
Wrangell
angle
bangle
dangle
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
answer
bottom
break loose
break out
clarify
verb-form
untangled
untangles
untangling