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unravel |
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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