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untangling

untangling is the present participle and gerund 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

Noun

untangling (plural untanglings)

  1. The process by which something is untangled.

Forms of untangling

pluraluntanglings

Questions about untangling

What does untangling mean?
Untangling means the process by which something is untangled.
What is untangling the present participle and gerund of?
Untangling is the present participle and gerund of untangle.
What part of speech is untangling?
Untangling is a noun.
What is the plural of untangling?
The plural of untangling is untanglings.

Words near untangling in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: untangling (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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