'disentangle' definitions:
Definition of 'disentangle'
(from WordNet)
verb
Release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate myself from this task" [syn: extricate, untangle, disentangle, disencumber]
verb
Extricate from entanglement; "Can you disentangle the cord?" [syn: disentangle, unsnarl, straighten out] [ant: entangle, mat, snarl, tangle]
verb
Free from involvement or entanglement; "How can I disentangle myself from her personal affairs?" [syn: disinvolve, disembroil, disentangle]
verb
Separate the tangles of [syn: unwind, disentangle]
verb
Definition of 'disentangle'
From: GCIDE
- disentangle \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To extricate from complication and perplexity; disengage from embarrassing connection or intermixture; to disembroil; to set free; to separate. [1913 Webster]
- To disentangle truth from error. --Stewart. [1913 Webster]
- To extricate and disentangle themselves out of this labyrinth. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
- A mind free and disentangled from all corporeal mixtures. --Bp. Stillingfleet.
- Syn: To loose; extricate; disembarrass; disembroil; clear; evolve; disengage; separate; detach. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'disentangle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- answer,
- avulse,
- bottom,
- break loose,
- break out,
- clarify,
- clear,
- clear up,
- crack,
- cut loose,
- cut out,
- debug,
- decipher,
- decode,
- deracinate,
- detach,
- dig out,
- dig up,
- disburden,
- disembarrass,
- disembroil,
- disencumber,
- disengage,
- disintricate,
- disinvolve,
- dislodge,
- divine,
- do,
- dope,
- dope out,
- draw,
- draw out,
- dredge,
- dredge up,
- eradicate,
- evolve,
- evulse,
- excavate,
- excise,
- explain,
- exsect,
- extend,
- extract,
- extricate,
- fathom,
- figure out,
- find out,
- find the answer,
- find the solution,
- flatten,
- free,
- free up,
- get,
- get out,
- get right,
- gouge out,
- grub up,
- guess,
- guess right,
- have it,
- hit it,
- interpret,
- liberate,
- make out,
- mine,
- open the lock,
- part,
- pick out,
- pluck out,
- pluck up,
- plumb,
- psych,
- psych out,
- pull,
- pull out,
- pull up,
- put straight,
- puzzle out,
- quarry,
- rake out,
- ravel,
- ravel out,
- rectify,
- release,
- remove,
- resolve,
- riddle,
- rip out,
- root out,
- root up,
- separate,
- set straight,
- sever,
- sit up,
- smooth,
- solve,
- sort out,
- stand up,
- straighten,
- straighten out,
- straighten up,
- sunder,
- take out,
- tear loose,
- tear out,
- unbend,
- unbraid,
- unclutter,
- uncoil,
- uncurl,
- undo,
- unearth,
- unkink,
- unknot,
- unlock,
- unmix,
- unravel,
- unriddle,
- unscramble,
- unsnarl,
- untangle,
- unthread,
- untie,
- untwine,
- untwist,
- unweave,
- unwind,
- uproot,
- weed out,
- withdraw,
- work,
- work out,
- wrest out