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Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To disentangle, remove tangles from (especially hair). transitive

   "We know that mycorrhizal fungi form and re-form their connections with plants, tangling, detangling and retangling."

Example

More examples

"Layla was brushing her hair to detangle it."

Etymology

From de- + tangle.

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