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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. release from entanglement of difficulty;
- Example: "I cannot extricate myself from this task"
[syn: extricate, untangle, disentangle, disencumber]

2. become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of;
- Example: "unravel the thread"
[syn: unravel, unknot, unscramble, untangle, unpick]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Untangle \Un*tan"gle\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + tangle.]
   To loose from tangles or intricacy; to disentangle; to
   resolve; as, to untangle thread.
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         Untangle but this cruel chain.           --Prior.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

untangle
    v 1: release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot
         extricate myself from this task" [syn: extricate,
         untangle, disentangle, disencumber]
    2: become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or
       threads of; "unravel the thread" [syn: unravel, unknot,
       unscramble, untangle, unpick] [ant: knot, ravel,
       tangle]