ontwarren — meaning in English

English meaning

• extricate verb To free someone or something from a difficult, entangled, or awkward situation.
• unravel verb To untangle or separate threads that have become knotted or woven together.
• untie verb To undo a knot or something tied.

Senses

ontwarren is used for these senses in English:

• extricate (transitive) To free, disengage, loosen, or untangle.
• unravel Of threads: to become separated from something knitted or woven, such as clothing or fabric; also, of something knitted or woven: to separate into threads; to come apart.
• untie To resolve; to unfold; to clear.

unravel — full definition

1. verb To untangle or separate threads that have become knotted or woven together.
2. verb To work out or solve something confusing or mysterious, piece by piece.
3. verb To fall apart or break down into disorder.

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