Untangle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To free from a tangle; disentangle. See Synonyms at extricate.
  • v. To straighten out (something puzzling or complicated); clarify or resolve.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To remove tangles or knots.
  • v. To remove confusion or mystery.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To loose from tangles or intricacy; to disentangle; to 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. release from entanglement of difficulty
  • v. become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of
  • Antonym
    tangle   
    Verb Form
    untangled    untangles    untangling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    free    disengage    undo   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    disentangle    resolve    explain   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Angle    Wrangell    angle    bangle    dangle