DISENTANGLE

comb, comb out, disentangle

(verb) smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; “comb your hair before dinner”; “comb the wool”

disentangle, unsnarl, straighten out

(verb) extricate from entanglement; “Can you disentangle the cord?”

unwind, disentangle

(verb) separate the tangles of

extricate, untangle, disentangle, disencumber

(verb) release from entanglement of difficulty; “I cannot extricate myself from this task”

disinvolve, disembroil, disentangle

(verb) free from involvement or entanglement; “How can I disentangle myself from her personal affairs?”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

disentangle (third-person singular simple present disentangles, present participle disentangling, simple past and past participle disentangled)

(transitive) To free something from entanglement; to extricate or unknot.

(transitive) To unravel; to separate into discrete components or units.

(intransitive) To become free or untangled.

Synonyms

• untangle

Source: Wiktionary

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Dis`en*tan"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disentangled; p. pr. & vb. n. Disentangling.]

1. To free from entanglement; to release from a condition of being intricately and confusedly involved or interlaced; to reduce to orderly arrangement; to straighten out; as, to disentangle a skein of yarn.

2. To extricate from complication and perplexity; disengage from embarrassing connection or intermixture; to disembroil; to set free; to separate. To disentangle truth from error. Stewart. To extricate and disentangle themselves out of this labyrinth. Clarendon. A mind free and disentangled from all corporeal mixtures. Bp. Stillingfleet.

Syn.

– To loose; extricate; disembarrass; disembroil; clear; evolve; disengage; separate; detach.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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