untangle
To remove tangles or knots fromTo remove tangles or knots from.
» Have you untangled the rope?
Hast du das Seil schon entwirrt?
Habt ihr das Seil schon entwirrt?
Haben Sie das Seil schon entwirrt?
Meaning
2 senses(transitive)To remove tangles or knots from.
With gentle combing, untangle your hair.
entwirren
(broadly, figuratively, transitive)To remove confusion or mystery from.
It took a while, but he finally untangled the problem.
- release from entanglement of difficulty
- become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of
Examples
10 sentencesHave you untangled the rope?
deHast du das Seil schon entwirrt?
Mary can't get her headphones untangled.
ruМэри не может распутать наушники.
This knot is impossible to untangle.
It took Tom ages to untangle his fishing line.
deTom brauchte eine Ewigkeit, um seine Angelschnur zu entknoten.
I took the comb and began to untangle the knots in her hair.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From un- + tangle.From un- + tangle.
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Forms
untangles, untangling, untangled, untangledSynonyms
24 synonyms- release from entanglement of difficulty:extricatedisentangledisencumber
- become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of:unravelunknotunscrambleunpick
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle