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UNSCRAMBLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unscramble mean? 

UNSCRAMBLE (verb)
  The verb UNSCRAMBLE has 2 senses:

1. make intelligibleplay

2. become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads ofplay

  Familiarity information: UNSCRAMBLE used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UNSCRAMBLE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they unscramble  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it unscrambles  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: unscrambled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: unscrambled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: unscrambling  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Make intelligible

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

Can you unscramble the message?

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

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

scramble (make unintelligible)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

unknot; unpick; unravel; unscramble; untangle

Context example:

unravel the thread

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

undo (cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect)

"Unscramble" entails doing...:

disunite; divide; part; separate (force, take, or pull apart)

Sentence frames:

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


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