untangled
past simple and past participle ofuntangle
untangle
verb[T]
uk/ʌnˈtæŋ.ɡəl/us/ʌnˈtæŋ.ɡəl/untangleverb[T](KNOTS)
toremovetheknotsfrom anuntidymassofstring,wire, etc. andseparatethe differentthreads
Separating and dividing
- apheresis
- atomize
- bifurcate
- bifurcation
- bisect
- clove
- cloven
- dissociate
- dissociateyourselffromsomething
- dissociation
- disunite
- disunity
- fracture
- hive
- polarize
- polarized
- polarizer
- prophase
- pull
- unravel
untangleverb[T](PROBLEM)
to make acomplicatedsubjectorproblem, oritsdifferentparts,clearandableto beunderstood:
It tookyearsto untangle thelegalcomplexities of thecase.
Solving and solutions
- band-aid solution
- be at the bottom ofsomethingidiom
- bottom
- clear(something)up
- clue
- conquer
- figure
- fix
- holding operation
- ironsomethingout
- it will (all) come out in the washidiom
- kill or cureidiom
- lateral thinking
- round
- solution
- talksomethingout
- untangle
- way roundidiom
- worksomethingout
- work throughsomething
Examplesofuntangled
untangled
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
There are, however, tensions associated with these meanings and constructions of meanings, and where they emerge, they will be explored anduntangled.
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So, reader be warned, we will be peering at pretty knotty matter in our search for anuntangledline on such refractoriness.
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The success or failure of the various attempts can therefore beuntangledfrom the legislative aims.
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Meta-properties are recognised to be the main tool for a formal ontological analysis that allows us to build ontologies with a clean anduntangledtaxonomic structure.
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But slowly and surely, the complex web of his transfers and share dealings has beenuntangled, and day by day his position becomes more untenable.
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Therefore, no historic properties, no collections and no professional staff need to beuntangled.
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I do not accept that facts and options cannot beuntangledfrom opinion or advice.
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Unfortunately, to date many of these are yet to beuntangled.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
There are issues here which need to beuntangled.
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That may well beuntangledas well.
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Whenuntangled, the material would be spun, and then weaved into the final product.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.While climbing down, she almost falls to her death, but she gets herselfuntangled.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Vexiers are a different sort of disentanglement puzzle - two or more metal wires, which have been intertwined, are to beuntangled.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There was so much left unsaid, so manyuntangledand unresolved emotions, of remorse, guilt, loss, anger, confusion...
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is designed to hold the unspun fibers, keeping themuntangledand thus easing the spinning process.
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- put the fear of God into you
- put-the-fear-of-god-into-you
- put the finishing touches on
- put-the-finishing-touches-on
- put the finishing touches to
- put-the-finishing-touches-to
- put the flags out!
- put-the-flags-out
- put-the-heat-on
- put the heat on sb
- put-the-heat-on-sb
- put the heat on someone
- put their heads together
- put-their-heads-together
- put-the-lid-on
- put the lid on something
- put the lid on sth
- put-the-lid-on-sth
- put-the-roses-back-into-cheeks
- put the roses (back) into sb's cheeks
- put-the-roses-back-into-sb-s-cheeks
- put the roses (back) into someone's cheeks
- put the shot
- put-the-shot
- put-the-skids-under