unsnarl


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un·snarl

 (ŭn-snärl′)
tr.v. un·snarled, un·snarl·ing, un·snarls
To free of snarls; disentangle.
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unsnarl

(ʌnˈsnɑːl)
vb
(tr) to free from a snarl or tangle
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un•snarl

(ʌnˈsnɑrl)

v.t.
to bring out of a snarled condition; disentangle.
[1545–55]
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unsnarl


Past participle: unsnarled
Gerund: unsnarling

Imperative
unsnarl
unsnarl
Present
I unsnarl
you unsnarl
he/she/it unsnarls
we unsnarl
you unsnarl
they unsnarl
Preterite
I unsnarled
you unsnarled
he/she/it unsnarled
we unsnarled
you unsnarled
they unsnarled
Present Continuous
I am unsnarling
you are unsnarling
he/she/it is unsnarling
we are unsnarling
you are unsnarling
they are unsnarling
Present Perfect
I have unsnarled
you have unsnarled
he/she/it has unsnarled
we have unsnarled
you have unsnarled
they have unsnarled
Past Continuous
I was unsnarling
you were unsnarling
he/she/it was unsnarling
we were unsnarling
you were unsnarling
they were unsnarling
Past Perfect
I had unsnarled
you had unsnarled
he/she/it had unsnarled
we had unsnarled
you had unsnarled
they had unsnarled
Future
I will unsnarl
you will unsnarl
he/she/it will unsnarl
we will unsnarl
you will unsnarl
they will unsnarl
Future Perfect
I will have unsnarled
you will have unsnarled
he/she/it will have unsnarled
we will have unsnarled
you will have unsnarled
they will have unsnarled
Future Continuous
I will be unsnarling
you will be unsnarling
he/she/it will be unsnarling
we will be unsnarling
you will be unsnarling
they will be unsnarling
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been unsnarling
you have been unsnarling
he/she/it has been unsnarling
we have been unsnarling
you have been unsnarling
they have been unsnarling
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been unsnarling
you will have been unsnarling
he/she/it will have been unsnarling
we will have been unsnarling
you will have been unsnarling
they will have been unsnarling
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been unsnarling
you had been unsnarling
he/she/it had been unsnarling
we had been unsnarling
you had been unsnarling
they had been unsnarling
Conditional
I would unsnarl
you would unsnarl
he/she/it would unsnarl
we would unsnarl
you would unsnarl
they would unsnarl
Past Conditional
I would have unsnarled
you would have unsnarled
he/she/it would have unsnarled
we would have unsnarled
you would have unsnarled
they would have unsnarled
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.unsnarl - extricate from entanglementunsnarl - extricate from entanglement; "Can you disentangle the cord?"
order - bring order to or into; "Order these files"
tease apart, loosen, tease - disentangle and raise the fibers of; "tease wool"
ravel, ravel out, unravel - disentangle; "can you unravel the mystery?"
mat, entangle, snarl, tangle - twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord"
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With rapid fingers he unsnarled the different lengths, the girl helping him, and then he tied the ends together until he had three ropes about seventy-five feet in length.
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(73) Moreover, subsequent empirical studies discovered that the tests of relationships between market structure and innovative effort are complicated by difficult causality issues that are hard to unsnarl with available data.
Of how to unsnarl themselves from the grip Of two decades.
In dozens of quick miracles, banders unsnarl them and fit each bird into its own beige cloth bag.
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No such photographs exist because light photons can penetrate soft tissue only to the depth of about a millimeter before they're so scattered it isn't possible to unsnarl their paths and create an image.