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untangles

untangles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of untangle.

Meaning of untangle

Verb

untangle (third-person singular simple present untangles, present participle untangling, simple past and past participle untangled)

  1. (transitive) To remove tangles or knots from.
    • With gentle combing, untangle your hair.
  2. (broadly, figuratively, transitive) To remove confusion or mystery from.
    • It took a while, but he finally untangled the problem.
    Synonyms:
    demystify

Questions about untangles

What is untangles the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Untangles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of untangle.

Words near untangles in the dictionary

  1. untangle
  2. untangled
  3. untanglement
  4. untangler
  5. untanglers
  6. untangles
  7. untangling
  8. untanglings
  9. untank
  10. untanked
  11. untanking

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Adapted from Wiktionary: untangles (page history and authors); untangle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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