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UNSCRAMBLE

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

 I. (verb) 

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they unscramble  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it unscrambles  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past simple: unscrambled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past participle: unscrambled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

-ing form: unscrambling  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make intelligibleplay

Example:

Can you unscramble the message?

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "unscramble" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

scramble (make unintelligible)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads ofplay

Example:

unravel the thread

Synonyms:

unknot; unpick; unravel; unscramble; untangle

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "unscramble" is one way to...):

undo (cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect)

"Unscramble" entails doing...:

disunite; divide; part; separate (force, take, or pull apart)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something

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