unknot

• Verbe désignant l'action de défaire ou de desserrer un nœud, ou, au sens figuré, de résoudre un problème complexe ou une situation embrouillée.

A verb used to indicate the act of undoing or loosening a knot, or figuratively, resolving a complex problem or situation.

1. Untie or UnravelB2formal

   To undo a knot or to separate tangled threads or fibers, making something free and straight again.

   Dénouer ou démêler

   • She carefully unknotted the tangled necklace.
   • He tried to unknot the rope that had become twisted.
   • The sailor unknotted the line with practiced ease.

   Synonymesdisentangleundounraveluntangleuntie

   Antonymesentangleknottie