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? — Waldelfe
Mary can't get her headphones untangled.
ruМэри не может распутать наушники. — Ooneykcall
This knot is impossible to untangle.
It took Tom ages to untangle his fishing line.
deTom brauchte eine Ewigkeit, um seine Angelschnur zu entknoten. — raggione
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