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Meanings of untangle in English

Portuguese
desemaranhar

Become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of.

desemaranhar
Portuguese
soltar
Catalan
desenredar

Release from entanglement of difficulty.

soltar
Synonyms
Examples for "unravel"
Examples for "unravel"
1
A tough, tough day for the South African economy continues to unravel.
The South African
2
The countries' positions are increasingly entwined and hard to unravel, Li said.
Wired
3
They left without a single word to help us unravel the mystery.
Once on a moonless night
4
In the TED radio hour this week, five TED speakers unravel ideas…
Radio NZ
5
We try to unravel the difficulties at the Royal New Zealand Ballet.
Radio NZ
1
In essence, we need to unpick an essentially imperialist notion of power.
The South African
2
It's going to take quite a while to unpick all of this.
The Guardian
3
He then tried to unpick the agreement after it had been finalised.
The Irish Times
4
I unpick his fingers from my arm and slide away from him.
Waiting for the Barbarians
5
The Italian government meanwhile wants to push up its deficit, and unpick reforms.
Reuters
1
I want to know what can be done to unscramble this mess.
The Best Made Plans
2
He lay with his eyes closed waiting for his brain to unscramble.
Joe Burke's Last Stand
3
But how many twists are needed to unscramble an arbitrary position?
The Irish Times
4
It is not possible to unscramble emails at any other stage.
The Irish Times
5
Can you unscramble the following word to reveal a branch of mathematics: LUCSULAC?
Radio NZ
1
The string was tied so tightly that I could not unknot it.
The Lost Valley
2
He stood there for a few minutes, breathing deeply, letting his muscles unknot.
The Incredible Shrinking Man
3
He would unknot the tangled threads at whatever cost to himself.
Swirling Waters
4
Davies pocketed his weapon and crouched to unknot the rope that bound Stratton.
Arrival (Stories of Your Life and Others)
5
There was an undercurrent of amusement in his voice that made David's guts unknot.
Gods of Risk
Usage of untangle in English
1
Barnier will struggle to untangle what has become an intensely political row.
Reuters
2
For every tendril of power Tevan managed to untangle, another wrapped tight.
Witch heart
3
So here we untangle some of the regulations round the new restrictions.
Independent.ie
4
As they untangle the past, the present unravels, in chaotic, unpredictable fashion.
The Irish Times
5
He sat down on the floor and began to untangle the tail.
Everychild / A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young an...
6
They'd finally given up trying to untangle the elium from her seat.
Witch heart
7
Investigators are still trying to untangle this complex web of active extremists.
The Guardian
8
It took a moment for them to untangle their arms and legs.
The Kill Order
9
Your limbs will naturally and safely untangle themselves if you do fall.
Climbing Magazine
10
But it's emotionally distant and Wertenbaker's script is sometimes hard to untangle.
The Guardian
11
I watch Mary untangle herself from her cross-legged position on the couch.
Within arm's reach
12
There would be cross-threads to untangle when I met my wife's cousin.
Montlivet
13
She raked her hair with her fingers, trying to untangle the knots.
The Secret Eleanor
14
You always untangle those feet of yours when the fiddle strikes up!
Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung
15
Increasingly, the global climate crisis, politics and economics have become impossible to untangle.
The Irish Times
16
To answer that question, it helps to untangle historical concerns and contemporary ones.
BBC
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Untangle through the time
Untangle across language varieties
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