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unravel - 5 dictionary results

un⋅rav⋅el

[uhn-rav-uhl] verb, -eled, -el⋅ing or (especially British) -elled, -el⋅ling.
–verb (used with object)
1. to separate or disentangle the threads of (a woven or knitted fabric, a rope, etc.).
2. to free from complication or difficulty; make plain or clear; solve: to unravel a situation; to unravel a mystery.
3. Informal. to take apart; undo; destroy (a plan, agreement, or arrangement).
–verb (used without object)
4. to become unraveled.

Origin:
1595–1605; un- 2 + ravel


un⋅rav⋅el⋅er; especially British, un⋅rav⋅el⋅ler, noun
un⋅rav⋅el⋅ment, noun
un·rav·el   (ŭn-rāv'əl)   
v.   un·rav·eled or un·rav·elled, un·rav·el·ing or un·rav·el·ling, un·rav·els

v.   tr.
    1. To undo or ravel the knitted fabric of.
    2. To separate (entangled threads).
  1. To separate and clarify the elements of (something mysterious or baffling); solve. See Synonyms at solve.
v.   intr.
To become unraveled.

Unravel

Un*rav"el\, v. t. [1st pref. un- (intensive) + ravel.]

1. To disentangle; to disengage or separate the threads of; as, to unravel a stocking.

2. Hence, to clear from complication or difficulty; to unfold; to solve; as, to unravel a plot.

3. To separate the connected or united parts of; to throw into disorder; to confuse. "Art shall be conjured for it, and nature all unraveled." --Dryden.

Unravel

Un*rav"el\, v. i. To become unraveled, in any sense.
Language Translation for : unravel
Spanish: desenmarañar, desenredar,
German: entwirren,
Japanese: ときほぐす

unravel 
1603, from un- (2) + ravel.
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