English-Thai Dictionary

untangle

VT คลาย ให้ หาย ยุ่ง  clear up disentangle tangle entangle klai-hai-hai-yung

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNTANGLE

v.t.To disentangle; to loose from tangles or intricacy; as, to untangle thread. Untangle this cruel chain.

 

UNTANGLED

pp. Disentangled.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

UNTANGLE

Un *tan "gle, v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + tangle. ]

 

Defn: To loose from tangles or intricacy; to disentangle; to resolve; as, to untangle thread. Untangle but this cruel chain. Prior.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

untangle

un tan gle |ˌənˈtaNGgəl ˌənˈtæŋɡəl | ▶verb [ with obj. ] free from a tangled or twisted state: fishermen untangle their nets. • make (something complicated or confusing ) easier to understand or deal with.

 

Oxford Dictionary

untangle

un |tan ¦gle |ʌnˈtaŋg (ə )l | ▶verb [ with obj. ] free from a tangled or twisted state: fishermen untangled their nets. • make (something complicated or confusing ) easier to understand or deal with.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

untangle

untangle verb 1 I untangled the fishing tackle: disentangle, unravel, unsnarl, straighten out, untwist, untwine, unknot. 2 untangling a mystery: solve, find the /an answer to, resolve, puzzle out, work out, fathom, clear up, clarify, get to the bottom of; informal figure out.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

untangle

untangle verb 1 I untangled the fishing tackle: disentangle, unravel, unsnarl, unjumble, straighten out, sort out, untwist, untwine, untie, unknot, undo. ANTONYMS tangle, jumble. 2 I started to try and untangle the mystery: solve, find the /an answer to, answer, find a /the solution to, resolve, work out, puzzle out, fathom, understand, find the key to, find the answer to, decipher, clear up, make easier to understand, make simpler, make plainer, clarify, make more comprehensible, make more intelligible, remove the complexities from, straighten out, sort out, get to the bottom of, make head or tail of, unravel, disentangle, unfold, piece together, simplify, explain, expound, elucidate, illuminate; informal figure out, suss out, crack. ANTONYMS complicate, confuse, cloud.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

untangle

ù n t á n gle 動詞 他動詞 1 〈もつれたひもなど 〉をほどく, 解く ; 〖～ oneself 〗(困難な状況から )自由になる .2 〈問題 事情など 〉を解決する, わかりやすくする .