disentangle

«disentangle» in Mova's school dictionary: to untangle things that have become knotted or caught up… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (disentangles, disentangled, disentangling)

meaning for a pupil

To disentangle is to untangle things that have become knotted or caught up together, so that they lie free and straight. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales, a person picks out a knotted thread, rope or hair from a tangle, often with great patience; it can also mean to free someone from a trap.

examples

• It took me ten minutes to disentangle the knotted kite string. tree →
• Can you disentangle these necklaces? tree →
• The farmer disentangled the fox from the net. tree →
• She tried to disentangle the wool. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «disentangle» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.