0 past simple and past participle of untangle
1 to remove the knots from an untidy mass of string, wire, etc. and separate the different threads
2 to make a complicated subject or problem, or its different parts, clear and able to be understood:
There are, however, tensions associated with these meanings and constructions of meanings, and where they emerge, they will be explored and untangled.
So, reader be warned, we will be peering at pretty knotty matter in our search for an untangled line on such refractoriness.
The success or failure of the various attempts can therefore be untangled from the legislative aims.
Meta-properties are recognised to be the main tool for a formal ontological analysis that allows us to build ontologies with a clean and untangled taxonomic structure.
But slowly and surely, the complex web of his transfers and share dealings has been untangled, and day by day his position becomes more untenable.
Therefore, no historic properties, no collections and no professional staff need to be untangled.
I do not accept that facts and options cannot be untangled from opinion or advice.
Unfortunately, to date many of these are yet to be untangled.