disentangle

Verb
Synonyms: extricateuntangledisencumberunsnarlstraighten outdisinvolvedisembroilunwindcombcomb out

WordNet 3.0

Verb (5)

  1. release from entanglement of difficulty“I cannot extricate myself from this task”Synonyms: extricateuntangledisencumber
  2. extricate from entanglement“Can you disentangle the cord?”Synonyms: unsnarlstraighten out
  3. free from involvement or entanglement“How can I disentangle myself from her personal affairs?”Synonyms: disinvolvedisembroil
  4. separate the tangles ofSynonyms: unwind
  5. smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb“comb your hair before dinner”“comb the wool”Synonyms: combcomb out
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Webster's Dictionary (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]

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