disentangle
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disentangled, past tense; disentangled, past participle; disentangles, 3rd person singular present; disentangling, present participle;
/ˌdisenˈtaNGgəl/,
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disentangled, past tense; disentangled, past participle; disentangles, 3rd person singular present; disentangling, present participle;
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Free (something or someone) from an entanglement; extricate
- - “I must go,” she said, disentangling her fingers from Gabriel's
- - it was often difficult to disentangle fact from fiction
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Remove knots or tangles from (wool, rope, or hair)
- - Allen was on his knees disentangling a coil of rope
Web Definitions:
- extricate: release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate myself from this task"
- disinvolve: free from involvement or entanglement; "How can I disentangle myself from her personal affairs?"
- unwind: separate the tangles of
- comb: smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool"
- (disentangled) straightened out
- To free something from entanglement; to extricate or unknot; To unravel a mystery etc; To become free or untangled