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# untangled

verb form (past tense and past participle of untangle); adjective (untangled)

«untangled» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (verb) Took the knots or twists out of something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untangled/#m1)
2. (adjective) Free of knots; straight and tidy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untangled/#m2)
3. (of a problem) Made clear; worked out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untangled/#m3)

### In the lessons

The past form tells the reader the job of sorting out knots or a muddle is done. Used with hair, string, wires, and puzzles or mysteries in stories.

### Examples

- She untangled the kite string before running. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untangled/#x1)
- Once untangled, the rope was ten metres long. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untangled/#x2)
- I untangled my brother's shoelaces. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untangled/#x3)
- The puzzle was finally untangled by the youngest girl. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untangled/#x4)
- Her hair, untangled at last, shone in the sun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untangled/#x5)
- We untangled the mess of cables behind the TV. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untangled/#x6)

### Note

Past of untangle (regular, -ed). Takes «an» as an adjective: «an untangled necklace». Opposite: tangled.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «untangled» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untangled/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«untangled» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/untangled.html) on Mova free.