"dishevel" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /dɪ(s)ˈʃɛvl̩/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dishevel.wav [Southern-England] Forms: dishevels [present, singular, third-person], disheveling [participle, present], dishevelling [participle, present], disheveled [participle, past], disheveled [past], dishevelled [participle, past], dishevelled [past]
Rhymes: -ɛvəl Etymology: From Old French descheveler (modern French écheveler). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|descheveler}} Old French descheveler, {{m|fr|écheveler}} écheveler Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=dishevelled|pres_ptc2=dishevelling}} dishevel (third-person singular simple present dishevels, present participle disheveling or dishevelling, simple past and past participle disheveled or dishevelled)
  1. (transitive) To throw into disorder; upheave. Tags: transitive Translations (throw into disorder): разхвърлям (razhvǎrljam) (Bulgarian), rozházet [masculine] (Czech), het laten hangen (Dutch), in Unordnung bringen (German), herumschmeißen (German), verwirren (German), бобырау (bobyrau) (Kazakh), desordenar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-dishevel-en-verb-901wBqOE Disambiguation of 'throw into disorder': 66 1 34
  2. (transitive) To disarrange or loosen (hair, clothing, etc.). Tags: transitive Translations (disarrange or loosen): pörröttää (Finnish), zerzausen (German), zerwühlen (German), zerstrubbeln (German), verlottern (German), растрепать (rastrepatʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-dishevel-en-verb-reNONFSo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 69 18 Disambiguation of 'disarrange or loosen': 2 94 4
  3. (intransitive) To spread out in disorder. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-dishevel-en-verb-GVd2TTPZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dishevelment

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To throw into disorder; upheave."
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        "(transitive) To disarrange or loosen (hair, clothing, etc.)."
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        "(intransitive) To spread out in disorder."
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      "sense": "throw into disorder",
      "word": "het laten hangen"
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      "sense": "throw into disorder",
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      "sense": "throw into disorder",
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      "sense": "throw into disorder",
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      "sense": "throw into disorder",
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      "sense": "throw into disorder",
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      "sense": "disarrange or loosen",
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      "sense": "disarrange or loosen",
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      "sense": "disarrange or loosen",
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