untangle
Translation
untangle, disentangle, unravel
Examples
Can you untangle these wires?
Can you untangle these wires?
It's hard to untangle the complex situation.
It's hard to untangle the complex situation.
Grammar Patterns
((sth.)) to make (sth.) that is tangled no longer tangled She tried to untangle her necklace.
Similar Words
Synonyms: unravel, disentangle, resolve; Antonyms: tangle, entangle, complicate
Etymology
From the prefix 'un-' (denoting reversal) and 'tangle' (to twist together). Literally 'to undo a tangle'.
Memory Tips
Imagine undoing ('un-') a knot ('tangle'). This applies to physical things like wires and abstract things like problems.