untangled

«untangled» in Mova's school dictionary: Took the knots or twists out of something — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb form (past tense and past participle of untangle); adjective (untangled)

meaning for a pupil

1) (verb) Took the knots or twists out of something. tree →

2) (adjective) Free of knots; straight and tidy. tree →

3) (of a problem) Made clear; worked out. tree →

sense in the lessons

The past form tells the reader the job of sorting out knots or a muddle is done. Used with hair, string, wires, and puzzles or mysteries in stories.

examples

• She untangled the kite string before running. tree →
• Once untangled, the rope was ten metres long. tree →
• I untangled my brother's shoelaces. tree →
• The puzzle was finally untangled by the youngest girl. tree →
• Her hair, untangled at last, shone in the sun. tree →
• We untangled the mess of cables behind the TV. tree →

note

Past of untangle (regular, -ed). Takes «an» as an adjective: «an untangled necklace». Opposite: tangled.

Trees and pragmatics

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