3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Unravel \Un*rav"el\, v. i.
To become unraveled, in any sense
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
unravel
v 1: become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or
threads of "the sweater unravelled" [syn: {unknot}, {unscramble},
{untangle}, {unpick}] [ant: {ravel}, {ravel}]
2: disentangle; "can you unravel the mystery?" "unravel the
ball or yarn" [syn: {ravel}, {ravel out}]
3: become undone, as of clothes such as knitted fabrics; "the
sweater unraveled" [syn: {run}]
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