Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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disentangle | No | No | Yes | No |
slick | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
disentangle (noun) | slick (noun) |
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a trowel used to make a surface slick | |
a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water | |
a slippery smoothness | |
a magazine printed on good quality paper |
disentangle (adjective) | slick (adjective) |
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marked by skill in deception | |
having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; being of a smooth, soft and lustrous quality, resembling silk | |
having only superficial plausibility | |
made slick by e.g. ice or grease | |
superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject |
disentangle (verb) | slick (verb) |
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smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb | give a smooth and glossy appearance |
extricate from entanglement | make slick or smooth |
separate the tangles of | |
release from entanglement of difficulty | |
free from involvement or entanglement |