disentangle

Found in thesaurus: free, disengage, order, discharge, undo, neaten, groom

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disentangle
v. unknot, undo, free, extricate, release

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disentangle

Verb
1. release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate myself from this task"
(synonym) extricate, untangle, disencumber
(hypernym) free, disengage
(derivation) unsnarling, untangling, disentanglement, extrication
2. extricate from entanglement; "Can you disentangle the cord?"
(synonym) unsnarl, straighten out
(antonym) entangle, tangle, mat, snarl
(hypernym) order
(hyponym) tease, tease apart, loosen
(derivation) unsnarling, untangling, disentanglement, extrication
3. free from involvement or entanglement; "How can I disentangle myself from her personal affiars?"
(synonym) disinvolve, disembroil
(hypernym) free, discharge
(derivation) unsnarling, untangling, disentanglement, extrication
4. separate the tangles of
(synonym) unwind
(hypernym) undo
(hyponym) roll out, straighten
(derivation) unsnarling, untangling, disentanglement, extrication
5. smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool"
(synonym) comb, comb out
(hypernym) groom, neaten
(hyponym) slick, slick down, sleek down
(derivation) unsnarling, untangling, disentanglement, extrication


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disentangle
v. uvolnit; rozmotat; oddělit

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disentangle
Czas. rozplątywać; rozsupływać; trudno mi było oddzielić prawdę od kłamstw

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Disentangle
(v. t.)
To free from entanglement; to release from a condition of being intricately and confusedly involved or interlaced; to reduce to orderly arrangement; to straighten out; as, to disentangle a skein of yarn.
  
 
(v. t.)
To extricate from complication and perplexity; disengage from embarrassing connection or intermixture; to disembroil; to set free; to separate.
  

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