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UNSCRAMBLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unscramble mean?
• UNSCRAMBLE (verb)
The verb UNSCRAMBLE has 2 senses:
2. become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of
Familiarity information: UNSCRAMBLE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Past simple: unscrambled
Past participle: unscrambled
-ing form: unscrambling
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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