распутывать — meaning in English

English meaning

• disentangle verb To free something from entanglement; to extricate or unknot.
• ravel verb To tangle or complicate something.
• unravel verb To untangle or separate threads that have become knotted or woven together.

Senses

распутывать is used for these senses in English:

• disentangle (transitive) To free something from entanglement; to extricate or unknot.
• ravel To unwind (a reel of thread, a skein of yarn, etc.); to pull apart (cloth, a seam, etc.); to fray, to unpick, to unravel; also, to pull out (a string of yarn, a thread, etc.) from a piece of fabric, or a skein or reel.
• 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.

disentangle — full definition

1. verb To free something from entanglement; to extricate or unknot.
2. verb To unravel; to separate into discrete components or units.
3. verb To become free or untangled.

ravel — full definition

1. verb To tangle or complicate something.
2. verb To fray or come apart at the edges, as fabric does.
3. noun A tangled, confusing knot or situation.

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