untangled
verb form (past tense and past participle of untangle); adjective (untangled)
Everyday
- (verb) Took the knots or twists out of something. tree →
- (adjective) Free of knots; straight and tidy. tree →
- (of a problem) Made clear; worked out. tree →
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 →
- Once untangled, the rope was ten metres long. tree →
- I untangled my brother's shoelaces. tree →
- The puzzle was finally untangled by the youngest girl. tree →
- Her hair, untangled at last, shone in the sun. tree →
- We untangled the mess of cables behind the TV. tree →
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: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «untangled» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
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