disentangle

🇺🇸 /ˌdɪsɪnˈtæŋɡl/ 🇬🇧 /ˌdɪsɪnˈtæŋɡl/
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verb
R

To make things clear and separate when they are mixed up or confusing.

It is important to disentangle all the factors that may be causing your stress.

R

To free something or someone from something that is wrapped or twisted around it.

She has just disentangled herself from a painful relationship.

R

To remove knots or tangles from something.

He was sitting on the deck disentangling a coil of rope.

translation

v. To make things clear and separate when they are mixed up or confusing.; To free something or someone from something that is wrapped or twisted around it.; To remove knots or tangles from something.

Word Forms

3rd Present disentangles
Past disentangled
Perfect disentangled
Progressive disentangling