untangle

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: un=tan=gle

CIDE DICTIONARY

untangle, v. t. [1st pref. un- + tangle.].

 To loose from tangles or intricacy; to disentangle; to resolve; as, to untangle thread.  [1913 Webster]
"Untangle but this cruel chain."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

untangle, v.tr.
1 free from a tangled state.
2 free from entanglement.

THESAURUS

untangle

answer, bottom, break loose, break out, clarify, clear, clear up, crack, cut loose, debug, decipher, decode, disembarrass, disembroil, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, disintricate, disinvolve, dislodge, divine, do, dope, dope out, explain, extricate, fathom, figure out, find out, find the answer, find the solution, free, get, get out, get right, guess, guess right, have it, hit it, interpret, make out, open the lock, plumb, psych, psych out, puzzle out, ravel, ravel out, release, resolve, riddle, solve, sort out, tear loose, unbraid, unclutter, uncoil, undo, unknot, unlock, unmix, unravel, unriddle, unscramble, unsnarl, unthread, untwine, untwist, unweave, unwind, work, work out

ROGET THESAURUS

untangle

Evolution

VB evolve, unfold, unroll, unwind, uncoil, untwist, unfurl, untwine, unravel, untangle, disentangle, develop.