UNSNARL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unsnarl mean? 

• UNSNARL (verb)
  The verb UNSNARL has 1 sense:

1. extricate from entanglement

  Familiarity information: UNSNARL used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNSNARL (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they unsnarl    ... he / she / it unsnarls   
Past simple: unsnarled   
Past participle: unsnarled   
-ing form: unsnarling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extricate from entanglement

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

disentangle; straighten out; unsnarl

Context example:

Can you disentangle the cord?

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)