disentangle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb release from entanglement of difficulty
    untangle; disencumber; extricate.
    • I cannot extricate myself from this task
  2. verb extricate from entanglement
    straighten out; unsnarl.
    • Can you disentangle the cord?
  3. verb free from involvement or entanglement
    disembroil; disinvolve.
    • How can I disentangle myself from her personal affairs?
  4. verb separate the tangles of
    unwind.
  5. verb smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb
    comb; comb out.
    • comb your hair before dinner
    • comb the wool

WordNet

Dis`en*tan"gle transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Disentangled ; present participle & verbal noun Disentangling
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913