different between unfold vs disentangle
unfold
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?n?f??ld/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?n?fo?ld/
- Rhymes: -??ld
Etymology
From Middle English unfolden, from Old English unfealdan (“to unfold”), equivalent to un- +? fold.
Verb
unfold (third-person singular simple present unfolds, present participle unfolding, simple past and past participle unfolded)
- To undo a folding.
- Unfold thy forehead gathered into frowns.
- (intransitive) To turn out; to happen; to develop.
- Memento unfolds over 22 scenes—or, more accurately, 22 strands of time, the main strand (in color) moving backward in increments, and another strand (in black and white) going forward, though the two overlap profoundly.
- (transitive) To reveal.
- Pity me not, but lend thy serious hearing To what I shall unfold.
- To open (anything covered or closed); to lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development.
- To release from a fold or pen.
Synonyms
- (to reveal): expose, uncover; see also Thesaurus:reveal
Antonyms
- fold
Translations
Noun
unfold (plural unfolds)
- (computing, programming) In functional programming, a kind of higher-order function that is the opposite of a fold.
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disentangle
English
Etymology
dis- +? entangle
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?d?s?n?tæ????]
Verb
disentangle (third-person singular simple present disentangles, present participle disentangling, simple past and past participle disentangled)
- (transitive) To free something from entanglement; to extricate or unknot.
- I had to disentangle him from his own shoelaces.
- (transitive) To unravel; to separate into discrete components or units.
- (intransitive) To become free or untangled.
Synonyms
- untangle
Related terms
- tangle
Translations
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