effiler

Definitions of effiler
  1. verb
    disentangle
    synonyms: démêler, dénouer
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    antonyms:
    embrouiller, emmêler
    tangle or complicate
    type of:
    débrouiller, démêler
    extricate from entanglement
  2. verb
    become undone
    synonyms: effilocher
    filer
    come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
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    type of:
    désagréger, se désagréger
    break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity
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