"extricate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈɛks.tɹɪ.keɪt/ Audio: en-us-extricate.ogg Forms: extricates [present, singular, third-person], extricating [participle, present], extricated [participle, past], extricated [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin extricatus, past participle of extricō. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|extricatus}} Latin extricatus Head templates: {{en-verb}} extricate (third-person singular simple present extricates, present participle extricating, simple past and past participle extricated)
  1. (transitive) To free, disengage, loosen, or untangle. Tags: transitive Translations (to free, disengage, loosen or untangle): измъквам (izmǎkvam) (Bulgarian), освобождавам (osvoboždavam) (Bulgarian), desempallegar (Catalan), deslliurar (Catalan), vymanit (Czech), bevrijden (Dutch), ontwarren (Dutch), verlossen (Dutch), extirper (French), befreien (German), kiszabadít (Hungarian), kibogoz (Hungarian), kihúz (Hungarian), kivág (Hungarian), losa (Icelandic), leysa (Icelandic), fuascail (Irish), 탈출(脫出)시키다 (talchulsikida) (Korean), extrīcō (Latin), expediō (Latin), wyswobadzać [imperfective] (Polish), wyswabadzać [imperfective] (Polish), wyswobodzić [perfective] (Polish), освобожда́ть (osvoboždátʹ) (Russian), fuasgail (Scottish Gaelic), saor (Scottish Gaelic), librar (Spanish), sacar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-extricate-en-verb-Yhpzi-em Disambiguation of 'to free, disengage, loosen or untangle': 93 7
  2. (rare) To free from intricacies or perplexity. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-extricate-en-verb-dZj6qRBN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: extricable, extrication, inextricable, intricate

Inflected forms

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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to free, disengage, loosen or untangle",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "wyswobodzić"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "osvoboždátʹ",
      "sense": "to free, disengage, loosen or untangle",
      "word": "освобожда́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to free, disengage, loosen or untangle",
      "word": "fuasgail"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to free, disengage, loosen or untangle",
      "word": "saor"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to free, disengage, loosen or untangle",
      "word": "librar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to free, disengage, loosen or untangle",
      "word": "sacar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "extricate"
}

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