'disentangle' definitions:

Definition of 'disentangle'

From: WordNet
verb
Release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate myself from this task" [syn: extricate, untangle, disentangle, disencumber]
verb
Extricate from entanglement; "Can you disentangle the cord?" [syn: disentangle, unsnarl, straighten out] [ant: entangle, mat, snarl, tangle]
verb
Free from involvement or entanglement; "How can I disentangle myself from her personal affairs?" [syn: disinvolve, disembroil, disentangle]
verb
Separate the tangles of [syn: unwind, disentangle]
verb
Smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool" [syn: comb, comb out, disentangle]

Definition of 'disentangle'

From: GCIDE
  • disentangle \dis`en*tan"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disentangled; p. pr. & vb. n. Disentangling.]
  • 1. To free from entanglement; to release from a condition of being intricately and confusedly involved or interlaced; to reduce to orderly arrangement; to straighten out; as, to disentangle a skein of yarn. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To extricate from complication and perplexity; disengage from embarrassing connection or intermixture; to disembroil; to set free; to separate. [1913 Webster]
  • To disentangle truth from error. --Stewart. [1913 Webster]
  • To extricate and disentangle themselves out of this labyrinth. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
  • A mind free and disentangled from all corporeal mixtures. --Bp. Stillingfleet.
  • Syn: To loose; extricate; disembarrass; disembroil; clear; evolve; disengage; separate; detach. [1913 Webster]