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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
untangle
verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And he lacked the equipment with which to untangle an immensely complex jealousy.
▪ As the creator of the software, it has a leg up in figuring out how to untangle it.
▪ Firemen eventually managed to untangle the frightened child from the bars by prising them apart.
▪ I sorted the orange nylon lines out and did some tying, untangling line from line, knot from knot.
▪ Robin Penfold untangles this intricate £500 million business.
▪ They're trying to untangle a snarl-up in editing.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Untangle

Untangle \Un*tan"gle\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + tangle.] To loose from tangles or intricacy; to disentangle; to resolve; as, to untangle thread.

Untangle but this cruel chain.
--Prior.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
untangle

1540s, from un- (2) "reverse, opposite of" + tangle (v.). Related: Untangled; untangling.

Wiktionary
untangle

vb. 1 To remove tangles or knots. 2 (by extension) To remove confusion or mystery.

WordNet
untangle

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

  2. become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of; "the sweater unravelled" [syn: unravel, unknot, unscramble, unpick] [ant: ravel, ravel]

Wikipedia
Untangle

Untangle is a privately held company based in San Jose, California, which provides network management software. Untangle NG Firewall is used by nearly 40,000 organizations worldwide.

Usage examples of "untangle".

As she untangled the cloth from about her head, a new sound rose in the byre, eerie and harrowing.

He glanced up when Giulio entered, then turned his attention back to untangling the thick string.

But they were so busy, or forgot, and presently Hely-Hutchinson did his dirty work again, and in September, 1895, Bruce and his wife got back to Ubombo, to try to untangle the knot of how nagana gets from a sick animal to a healthy one.

There were three other people at the table, Mod and two Irishmen who were there for a few weeks attempting to untangle some cables ravelled by two of their compatriots.

It snagged between his ankles, and he tripped over it, tried to untangle his feet from it, failed, and--waving his arms in futility to reacquire his balance--stumbled sideways.

Heading in a straight line, with no trail problems to untangle, they made the journey in less than two days, and by the bank of the runlet they found Dick Walker lying on his back with his arms thrown out crosswise, smiling up to the heavens with placid, open eyes, and with a purple hole in the center of his forehead.

With a hard-bristled brush she untangled the knots brought on from washing it earlier and thought about what Ryan had said about her dancing.

His breathing ragged, but otherwise in control, he untangled her arms from around his neck and put her away from him.

My pursuers had untangled themselves from the mess by the Earring Tree, and were now gaining on me.

Yama untangled the last of its defenses and found its tiny linear mind.

She untangled the sheets from her body, rolled over and stared at the time, eight a.

He untangled himself from his companion and slapped his hand down upon the interior lock.

Suma and Anga untangled themselves from their puppy game, flicked their tongues at De La Rosa, then climbed onto her lap and rubbed their scaled heads against her hands.

Think of this group of reporters as one giant illusion trap that has to be untangled before it explodes into a full-blown alien nightmare.

As the knight swung his morningstar, the mace untangled itself from the chain and flew straight at Blade.