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untangle
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un·tan·gle  (n-tnggl)
tr.v. un·tan·gled, un·tan·gling, un·tan·gles
1. To free from a tangle; disentangle. See Synonyms at extricate.
2. To straighten out (something puzzling or complicated); clarify or resolve.

untangle [ʌnˈtæŋgəl]
vb (tr)
1. to free from a tangled condition
2. to free from perplexity or confusion
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.untangleuntangle - release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate myself from this task"
disengage, free - free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the cluttered floor"
2.untangleuntangle - become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of; "unravel the thread"
undo - cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect; "I wish I could undo my actions"

untangle
verb
1. disentangle, unravel, sort out, extricate, straighten out, untwist, unsnarl trying to untangle several reels of film
disentangle tangle, muddle, snarl, jumble, entangle, enmesh
2. solve, clear up, straighten out, understand, explain, figure out (informal), clarify, unravel, fathom, get to the bottom of, elucidate, suss out (informal), puzzle out Lawyers began trying to untangle the complex affairs of the bank.
solve confuse, complicate, muddle, puzzle
Translations
untangle [ˈʌnˈtæŋgl] VTdesenredar, desenmarañar

untangle [ʌnˈtæŋgəl] vt
(= disentangle) [+ knots, hair, string, cable] → démêler
(= sort out) [+ affairs, problem] → dénouer, débrouiller

untangle
vt (lit, fig)entwirren

untangle [ʌnˈtæŋgl] vt (knots, wool) → sbrogliare
untangle [ʌnˈtæŋgl] vt (knots, wool) → sbrogliare

untangle
v untangle [anˈtӕŋgl]
to take (eg string, thread etc) out of its tangled condition; to disentangle She tried to untangle her hair. loskam, los maak يَفُك الخُيوط المُتَشابِكَه оправям rozplést rede ud entwirren ξεμπερδεύω desenmarañar lahti harutama از پیچیدگی درآوردن selvittää démêler לְהַתִיר सुलझाना razmrsiti, rasplesti kibont greiða úr flækju districare ほどく 엉킨 것을 풀다 išnarplioti atšķetināt menguraikan ontwarren løse opp en floke rozplątać desembaraçar a descurca распутывать rozpliesť razplesti razmrsiti reda upp [] คลายให้หายยุ่ง çözmek, açmak 解開 розплутувати سلجھانا gỡ rối


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