Dictionary Entry
disentangle
disentangle is a 11-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
11 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 17 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
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.
- 2transitive verb
To extricate from complication and perplexity; disengage from embarrassing connection or intermixture; to disembroil; to set free; to separate.
- 3verb
smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb
"comb your hair before dinner"
"comb the wool"
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- 4verb
extricate from entanglement
"Can you disentangle the cord?"
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- 5verb
separate the tangles of
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- 6verb
release from entanglement of difficulty
"I cannot extricate myself from this task"
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- 7verb
free from involvement or entanglement
"How can I disentangle myself from her personal affairs?"
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