untangle

tr.v., -gled, -gling, -gles.

1. To free from a tangle; disentangle. See synonyms at extricate.
2. To straighten out (something puzzling or complicated); clarify or resolve.

verb

To free from an entanglement: clear, disengage, disentangle, disinvolve, extricate. See free/unfree.

v

Definition: straighten out
Antonyms: tangle, twist

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: release from entanglement of difficulty
  Synonyms: extricate, disentangle, disencumber

Meaning #2: become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of
  Synonyms: unravel, unknot, unscramble, unpick

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - vikle ud, vikle fra hinanden, udrede

Nederlands (Dutch)
uit de knoop halen, oplossen

Français (French)
v. tr. - (lit, fig) démêler, élucider (des difficultés)

Deutsch (German)
v. - entwirren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ξεχωρίζω, ξεμπλέκω, ξεμπερδεύω, ξεδιαλύνω

Italiano (Italian)
risolvere, districare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - desemaranhar, desembaraçar

Русский (Russian)
распутывать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - esclarecer, dilucidar, desenmarañar, desenredar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - lösa, reda upp, klara upp, göra sig fri, komma loss

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
解开纠结, 排解, 解开

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 解開糾結, 排解, 解開

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - (복잡한 문제를) 해결하다, (엉킨 것을) 풀다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - もつれをほどく, 解く, 解決する, 解明する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) فك‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮התיר הסבך, החליק, יישר, הבהיר‬

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