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UNSNARL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extricate from entanglement

Example:

Can you disentangle the cord?

Synonyms:

disentangle; straighten out; unsnarl

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "unsnarl" is one way to...):

order (bring order to or into)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "unsnarl"):

loosen; tease; tease apart (disentangle and raise the fibers of)

ravel; ravel out; unravel (disentangle)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

They unsnarl their hair

Antonym:

snarl (twist together or entwine into a confusing mass)

Derivation:

unsnarling (the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition)

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