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disentwine

/dɪs.ɪnˈtwaɪn/

disentwine verb: to free (someone or something) from being entwined or twisted; to untwine.

Verb

disentwine (third-person singular simple present disentwines, present participle disentwining, simple past and past participle disentwined)

  1. (transitive) To free (someone or something) from being entwined or twisted; to untwine.
    • To disentwine the tangled skein of thought which was thus presented, was her task by day and night.1833 (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter VIII, in Lodore. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […] (successor to Henry Colburn), published 1835, →OCLC, page 140
  2. (figuratively, transitive) to unfree from something complicated

Forms of disentwine

third-person singular presentdisentwines
present participledisentwining
past participledisentwined
pastdisentwined

Origin of disentwine

From dis- + entwine.

Words that rhyme with disentwine

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Questions about disentwine

What does disentwine mean?
Disentwine means to free (someone or something) from being entwined or twisted; to untwine.
What part of speech is disentwine?
Disentwine is a verb.
How do you pronounce disentwine?
Disentwine is pronounced /dɪs.ɪnˈtwaɪn/.
What is the past tense of disentwine?
The past tense of disentwine is disentwined.

Words near disentwine in the dictionary

  1. disentranced
  2. disentrancement
  3. disentrances
  4. disentrancing
  5. disentropy
  6. disentwine
  7. disentwined
  8. disentwines
  9. disentwining
  10. disenvelop
  11. disenveloped

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