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to remove the knots from a mass of string, wire, hair, etc. and separate the different threads: I spent ages trying to untangle Rosie’s hair.
The meaning of UNTANGLE is to loose from tangles or entanglement : straighten out. How to use untangle in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Untangle.
UNTANGLE meaning: 1. to remove the knots from an untidy mass of string, wire, etc. and separate the different threads…. Learn more.
If you untangle a confused or complicated situation, you make the different things involved clear, or put the situation right. Lawyers and accountants began trying to untangle the complex affairs of the bank.
Untangle definition: to bring out of atangled state; disentangle; unsnarl.. See examples of UNTANGLE used in a sentence.
Definitions of untangle. verb. become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of. synonyms: unknot, unpick, unravel, unscramble. see more. verb. release from entanglement of difficulty. synonyms: disencumber, disentangle, extricate. see more.
untangle something to make something that is complicated or confusing easier to deal with or understand. It will not be easy to untangle his financial affairs. It’s difficult to untangle all the local bureaucracy and regulations. See untangle in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
un·tan·gle. (ŭn-tăng′gəl) 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: The accountant was unable to untangle the company's finances.
1 untangle something (from something) to undo string, hair, wire, etc. that has become twisted or has knots in it Can you untangle all those cables on the floor? She tried to untangle her scarf from the wire fence.
Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Frequency. Factsheet. What does the verb untangle mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb untangle. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. Entry status. OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions.
