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dis·en·tan·gle

(dĭs′ĕn-tăng′gəl)

v. dis·en·tan·gled, dis·en·tan·gling, dis·en·tan·gles

v.tr.

1. To extricate from entanglement or involvement; free. See Synonyms at extricate.

2. To clear up or resolve (a plot, for example); unravel.

v.intr.

To become free of entanglement.

dis′en·tan′gle·ment n.

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disentangle

(ˌdɪsɪnˈtæŋɡəl)

1. to release or become free from entanglement or confusion

2. (tr) to unravel or work out

ˌdisenˈtanglement n

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dis•en•tan•gle

(ˌdɪs ɛnˈtæŋ gəl)

v. -gled, -gling. v.t.

1. to free from entanglement; untangle; extricate.

v.i.

2. to become disentangled.

[1590–1600]

dis`en•tan′gle•ment, n.

dis`en•tan′gler, n.

disentangle

Past participle: disentangled
Gerund: disentangling

Imperative
disentangle
disentangle

Present
I disentangle
you disentangle
he/she/it disentangles
we disentangle
you disentangle
they disentangle

Preterite
I disentangled
you disentangled
he/she/it disentangled
we disentangled
you disentangled
they disentangled

Present Continuous
I am disentangling
you are disentangling
he/she/it is disentangling
we are disentangling
you are disentangling
they are disentangling

Present Perfect
I have disentangled
you have disentangled
he/she/it has disentangled
we have disentangled
you have disentangled
they have disentangled

Past Continuous
I was disentangling
you were disentangling
he/she/it was disentangling
we were disentangling
you were disentangling
they were disentangling

Past Perfect
I had disentangled
you had disentangled
he/she/it had disentangled
we had disentangled
you had disentangled
they had disentangled

Future
I will disentangle
you will disentangle
he/she/it will disentangle
we will disentangle
you will disentangle
they will disentangle

Future Perfect
I will have disentangled
you will have disentangled
he/she/it will have disentangled
we will have disentangled
you will have disentangled
they will have disentangled

Future Continuous
I will be disentangling
you will be disentangling
he/she/it will be disentangling
we will be disentangling
you will be disentangling
they will be disentangling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been disentangling
you have been disentangling
he/she/it has been disentangling
we have been disentangling
you have been disentangling
they have been disentangling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been disentangling
you will have been disentangling
he/she/it will have been disentangling
we will have been disentangling
you will have been disentangling
they will have been disentangling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been disentangling
you had been disentangling
he/she/it had been disentangling
we had been disentangling
you had been disentangling
they had been disentangling

Conditional
I would disentangle
you would disentangle
he/she/it would disentangle
we would disentangle
you would disentangle
they would disentangle

Past Conditional
I would have disentangled
you would have disentangled
he/she/it would have disentangled
we would have disentangled
you would have disentangled
they would have disentangled

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Verb	1.	disentangle - release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate myself from this task" disencumber, extricate, untangle disengage, free - free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the cluttered floor"
	2.	disentangle - extricate from entanglement; "Can you disentangle the cord?" unsnarl, straighten out order - bring order to or into; "Order these files" tease apart, loosen, tease - disentangle and raise the fibers of; "tease wool" ravel, ravel out, unravel - disentangle; "can you unravel the mystery?" mat, entangle, snarl, tangle - twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord"
	3.	disentangle - free from involvement or entanglement; "How can I disentangle myself from her personal affairs?" disembroil, disinvolve discharge, free - free from obligations or duties
	4.	disentangle - separate the tangles of unwind roll out, straighten - straighten by unrolling; "roll out the big map" undo - cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect; "I wish I could undo my actions" uncoil - unwind or untwist
	5.	disentangle - smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool" comb out, comb sleek down, slick down, slick - give a smooth and glossy appearance; "slick one's hair" fluff, tease - ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect neaten, groom - care for one's external appearance; "He is always well-groomed"

disentangle

verb

1. resolve, clear (up), work out, sort out, clarify, simplify The author brilliantly disentangles complex debates.

2. free, separate, loose, detach, sever, disconnect, extricate, disengage They are looking at ways to disentangle him from this situation.

3. untangle, unravel, untwist, unsnarl The rope could not be disentangled and had to be cut.

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disentangle

verb

To free from an entanglement:

clear, disengage, disinvolve, extricate, untangle.

Translations

يَفَكُّ مِن

rozpléstvymotat

frigøre sig

sich entwirren

démêler

losa; greiîa úr

sbrogliare

išnarpliojimasišnarpliotiišpainiotiišsinarpliojimasišsinarplioti

atbrīvotatšķetināt

frigjøre komme løs vikle løs

vyslobodiť sa

kurtarmakkurtulmak

解开解脱

disentangle

[ˌdɪsɪnˈtæŋgl] VT

1. [+ string, hair] → desenredar, desenmarañar (from de) to disentangle o.s. from (fig) → desenredarse de

2. (fig) [+ problem, mystery] → desentrañar, esclarecer

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disentangle

[ˌdɪsɪnˈtæŋg^əl] vt

(lit) [+ threads] → démêler; [+ knot] → défaire
to disentangle o.s. → se dégager

(fig) [+ feelings, motives] → démêler l'écheveau de; [+ story, plot] → démêler
to disentangle fact from fantasy → séparer le réel de l'imaginaire
to disentangle o.s. from sth → se sortir de qch, se dépêtrer de qch

disentangle

vt (lit, fig) → entwirren; problem, mystery also → enträtseln; to disentangle oneself (from something) (lit) → sich (aus etw) lösen; (fig) → sich (von etw) lösen

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disentangle

[ˈdɪsɪnˈtæŋgl] vt (string, wool) → sbrogliare
to disentangle o.s. from (fig) → districarsi da, sbrogliarsi da

disentangle

(disinˈtӕŋgl) verb

to free from being tangled; to unravel. The bird could not disentangle itself from the net.

ˌdisenˈtanglement noun

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I do not wish to be insulting, but I firmly believe that if you took an average tow-line, and stretched it out straight across the middle of a field, and then turned your back on it for thirty seconds, that, when you looked round again, you would find that it had got itself altogether in a heap in the middle of the field, and had twisted itself up, and tied itself into knots, and lost its two ends, and become all loops; and it would take you a good half-hour, sitting down there on the grass and swearing all the while, to disentangle it again.

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