disentangle

1. v. t. 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. Source: opted

2. v. t. To extricate from complication and perplexity; disengage from embarrassing connection or intermixture; to disembroil; to set free; to separate. Source: opted

3. v. release from entanglement of difficulty Source: wordnet

4. v. extricate from entanglement Source: wordnet

5. v. free from involvement or entanglement Source: wordnet

6. v. separate the tangles of Source: wordnet

7. v. smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb Source: wordnet

8. 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. 2. To extricate from complication and perplexity; disengage from embarrassing connection or intermixture; to disembroil; to set free; to separate. To disentangle truth from error. Stewart. To extricate and disentangle themselves out of this labyrinth. Clarendon. A mind free and disentangled from all corporeal mixtures. Bp. Stillingfleet. Syn. -- To loose; extricate; disembarrass; disembroil; clear; evolve; disengage; separate; detach. Source: webster

9. v:100 v. extricate from entanglement Source: ecdict

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