Unravel
verb (used with object), unraveled, unraveling or (especially British) unravelled, unravelling.
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), unraveled, unraveling or (especially British) unravelled, unravelling.
4.
to become unraveled.
verb -els, -elling, -elled (US) -els, -eling, -eled
1.
(transitive) to reduce (something knitted or woven) to separate strands
2.
(transitive) to undo or untangle (something tangled or knotted)
3.
(transitive) to explain or solve: the mystery was unravelled
4.
(intransitive) to become unravelled
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