Definition of unravel

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Unravel (v. t.) To disentangle; to disengage or separate the threads of; as, to unravel a stocking..

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Unravel :: Unravel (v. t.) To separate the connected or united parts of; to throw into disorder; to confuse.
Tangle :: Tangle (n.) To unite or knit together confusedly; to interweave or interlock, as threads, so as to make it difficult to unravel the knot; to entangle; to ravel..
Unravel :: Unravel (v. t.) To disentangle; to disengage or separate the threads of; as, to unravel a stocking..
Unravel :: Unravel (v. i.) To become unraveled, in any sense..
Thrum :: Thrum (n.) Any coarse yarn; an unraveled strand of rope.
Feaze :: Feaze (v. t.) To untwist; to unravel, as the end of a rope..
Unknit :: Unknit (v. t.) To undo or unravel what is knitted together.
Undo :: Undo (v. t.) To loose; to open; to take to piece; to unfasten; to untie; hence, to unravel; to solve; as, to undo a knot; to undo a puzzling question; to undo a riddle..
Unravelment :: Unravelment (n.) The act of unraveling, or the state of being unraveled..
Unravel :: Unravel (v. t.) Hence, to clear from complication or difficulty; to unfold; to solve; as, to unravel a plot..
Denouement :: Denouement (n.) The unraveling or discovery of a plot; the catastrophe, especially of a drama or a romance..
Unbraid :: Unbraid (v. t.) To separate the strands of; to undo, as a braid; to unravel; to disentangle..
Charpie :: Charpie (n.) Straight threads obtained by unraveling old linen cloth; -- used for surgical dressings.
Perplex :: Perplex (a.) To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated, and difficult to be unraveled or understood; as, to perplex one with doubts..
Resolve :: Resolve (v. i.) To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; -- said of complex ideas or obscure questions; to make clear or certain; to free from doubt; to disentangle; to unravel; to explain; hence, to clear up, or dispel, as doubt; as, to resolve a riddle..
Soluble :: Soluble (a.) Susceptible of being solved; as, a soluble algebraic problem; susceptible of being disentangled, unraveled, or explained; as, the mystery is perhaps soluble..
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